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A cabinet of choice jewels, or, A box of precious ointment being a plain…A cabinet of choice jevvels, or, A box of precious ointment being a plain…
A cabinet of choice jewels, or, A box of precious ointment being a plain discovery of, or, what men are worth for eternity, and how 'tis like to go with them in another world ... / by Thomas Brooks ...A cabinet of choice jevvels, or, A box of precious ointment being a plain discovery of, or, what men are worth for eternity, and how 'tis like to go with them in another world ... / by Thomas Brooks ...
London : Printed and are to be sold by John Hancock ..., 1669
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Sixthly, He rises yet higher; for he does not only severely §6punish their bodies, but he does what he can to damn their souls; I compelled them to blaspheme, like that Italian, who first made his enemy deny God, and then stabbed him, and so at once murdered both body and soul. As there is no love to soul love, so there is no cruelty to soul cruelty; and as there ⟨p. 246⟩is no mischief to soul mischief, so there is no murder to soul murder, and yet in this murder had Paul a hand. 'Tis sad to compel a man to bear a burden beyond his strength, to lye in chains, to forsake his own country, &c. but 'tis infinitely more sad, to compel a man to sin, to the least sin; but saddest of all to compel a man to blaspheme, And yet this I did, s•yes Paul, &c.
Sixthly, He rises yet higher; for he does not only severely §6punish their bodies, but he does what he can to damn their souls; I compelled them to blaspheme, like that Italian, who first made his enemy deny God, and then stabb'd him, and so at once murdered both body and soul. As there is no love to soul love, so there is no cruelty to soul cruelty; and as there ⟨p. 246⟩is no mischief to soul mischief, so there is no murder to soul murder, and yet in this murder had Paul a hand. 'Tis sad to compel a man to bear a burden beyond his strength, to lye in chains, to forsake his own countrey, &c. but 'tis infinitely more sad, to compel a man to sin, to the least sin; but saddest of all to compel a man to blaspheme, And yet this I did, s•yes Paul, &c.
Seventhly, He yet further aggravates his sin by his madness, by his exceeding madness against the Saints, in those words; And I was exceedingly mad against them. He was mad with rage and wrath, he was exceedingly mad with passion and fury against the dear Saints of God; mad men think madly, and mad men speak madly, and mad men act madly against those they are mad with; and so did he against the Saints. The Alcoran saith, That God created the Angels of light, and the Devils of the flame. Certainly, as God's children are children of the light, so Satan's children are furious children, wrathful children, children of the flame, children of madness; and such a one was Paul, &c.