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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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And Jehu went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from the Lord. Now though this gracious Prince was thus reproved and saved, even by a miracle of mercy, ⟨p. 280⟩2 Chron. 18.1, 2, 3, 30, 31. compared; yet soon after he falls into the same sin again, and joins himself with Ahaziah King of Israel, who did very wickedly, 2 Chron. 20.35, 36. and for which he is severely reproved in verse 37. Then Eliezer the son of Dodavan of Mareshah, prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, because thou hast joined thy self with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works, and the Ships were broken that they were not able to go to Tarshish. Let was twice overcome with wine, &c. and Abraham, though the father of the faithful, yet falls once and again into the same sin, Gen. 12.11, 12,1 13. compared with Chap. 20, 1, 2, 3, 4, 13. Peter falls once and again into the same sin, and John twice worshipped the Angel, and Sampson (who is by the Spirit of the Lord numbered amongst those Worthies of whom this world was not worthy, Heb. 11.32, 33, 38.) fell again and again into the same gross sin, as is evident in the 14, 15, & 16. Chapters of the book of Judges. And the Church confesses, that their backslidings are many, Jer. 14.7. By all which 'tis most evident, that good men may fall again and again into the same sin; and no wonder, for though their repentance be never so sincere and sound, yet their graces are but weak, and their mortification but imperfect in this life, and therefore 'tis possible for a gracious soul to fall again and again into the same sin; if the fire be not wholly put out, who will think it impossible, that it should catch and burn again and again?