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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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So Peter, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord; 1or as the Greek runs, A man, a sinner, a very mixture and compound of dirt and sin, a mere bundle of vice and vanity, of ⟨p. 312⟩folly and iniquity. So Luther, I have no other name than sinner, sinner is my name, sinner is my surname, this is the name by which I shall be always known; I have sinned, I do sin, I shall sin in infinitum, saith Luther speaking vilely and basely of himself. Lord, I am hell, and thou art heaven, said blessed Hooper, I am a most hypocritical wretch, not worthy that the earth should bear me, said blessed Bradford. Thus you see by these several instances, that sincere Christians do as it were take a holy pleasure and delight to debase, humble and vilify themselves. But this is a work hypocrites are mere strangers to; there is not an hypocrite under heaven that loves to debase himself, or that makes it his duty conscientiously to vilify and lessen himself, that Christ may be set up above all.2 Humility is a grace hardly attained unto. Many (saith one) can more easily give all they have to the poor, than themselves become poor in spirit. But,
So Peter, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord; 1or as the Greek runs, A man, a sinner, a very mixture and compound of dirt and sin, a meer bundle of vice and vanity, of ⟨p. 312⟩folly and iniquity. So Luther, I have no other name than sinner, sinner is my name, sinner is my sirname, this is the name by which I shall be alwayes known; I have sinned, I do sin, I shall sin in infinitum, saith Luther speaking vilely and basely of himself. Lord, I am hell, and thou art heaven, said blessed Hooper, I am a most hypocrital wretch, not worthy that the earth should bear me, said blessed Bradford. Thus you see by these several instances, that sincere Christians do as it were take a holy pleasure and delight to debase, humble and villifie themselves. But this is a work hypocrites are meer strangers to; there is not an hypocrite under heaven that loves to debase himself, or that makes it his duty conscientiously to villifie and lessen himself, that Christ may be set up above all.