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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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Negatively, It is not such a turning from sin as never to §1sin more, 1 King. 8.46. For there is no man that sinneth not. Prov. 20.9. Who can say, I have made my heart clean? I am pure from my sin? Prov. 24.16. A just man falleth seven times, ⟨p. 278⟩and riseth again. Eccl. 7.20. For there is not a just man upon the earth that doth good, and sinneth not. Luke 17.4. If he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again unto thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him. Mat. 18.21, 22. Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him, till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven. James 3.2. For in many things we offend all; or we stumble all, as the Greek has it. 1 John 1.8. If we say we have no sin we deceive our selves, and the truth is not in us. Ver. 10. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. And what did the continual burnt-offering which was to be made day by day import, but a daily sinning, and expiating of it? &c. Num. 28.3. Such is the universal corruption of humane nature, that the souls of the best, of the purest, and of the holiest men in the world, do from day to day, yea from moment to moment, contract some filth and uncleanness. The choicest Saints can never acquit themselves from sins of infirmity, such as do inevitably and inseparably cleave unto the best of men, especially considering the state and condition wherein they are, carrying still about them corrupt flesh and blood. Methodius compares the inbred corruptions of man's heart to a wild Fig-tree, growing upon the wall of some goodly Temple or stately Palace, whereof although the main trunk of the stem be broke off, and stump of the root be plucked up, yet the fibrous strings of it piercing into the joints of the stone work, will not be utterly extracted, but will be ever and anon shooting and sprouting out, until the whole frame of the building be dissolved, and the stone work thereof be disjointed and pulled in pieces.