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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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An hypocrite may be willing to embrace Christ as a Priest to save him from wrath, from the curse, from hell, from everlasting burning, but he is never sincerely willing to ⟨p. 302⟩embrace Christ as a Prophet to teach and instruct him, and as a King to rule and reign over him; many hypocrites may be willing to receive a Christ Jesus, that are not willing to receive a Lord Jesus; they may be willing to embrace a saving Christ, but they are not willing to embrace a ruling Christ, a commanding Christ.1 This man shall not rule over us. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! thou that killest the Prophets, how often would I have gathered thy children together, 2even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not? And ye will not come to me that ye might have life. He came to his own, and his own received him not. An hypocrite is willing to receive Christ in one office, but not in every office; and this is that stumbling stone at which hypocrites stumble and fall, and are broken in pieces. Certainly Christ is as lovely and as comely •s desirable, and delightful as eminent, and excellent in one office as he is in another, and therefore 'tis a just and righteous thing with God, that hypocrites that won't receive him in every office,3 should have no benefit by any one of his offices. Christ and his offices may be distinguished, but Christ and his offices can never be divided; whilst many have been a labouring to divide one office of Christ from another, they have wholly stripped themselves of any advantage or benefit by Christ. Hypocrites love to share with Christ in his happiness, but they don't love to share with Christ in his holiness; they are willing to be redeemed by Christ, but they are not cordially willing to submit to the Laws and Government of Christ; they are willing to be saved by his blood, but they are not willing to submit to his Sceptre. Hypocrites love the privileges of the Gospel, but they don't love the services of the Gospel, especially those that are most inward and spiritual. But now a sincere Christian he owns Christ in all his offices,4