A29686:621
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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Tenthly, No hypocrite ever makes it his business, his work to bring his heart into religious duties and services; he never makes conscience of bringing his heart into his work.1 An hypocrite is heartless in all he does, Psal. 78.34. When he slew them, then they sought him; and they returned and enquired early after God. 2Ver. 36. Nevertheless, they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. Ver. 37. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his Covenant. All lip-labour is but lost labour: When mens hearts are not in their devotion, their devotion is mere dissimulation. These hypocrites sought God, and enquired early after God, but it was still with old hearts, which are no hearts in the account of God: They made lip work of it, and head-work of it, but their hearts not being in their work, all was lost, their seeking lost, their enquiring lost, their God lost, their souls lost, and eternity lost, Hos. 7.14. And they have not cried unto m• with their hearts, when they howled upon their beds. When mens hearts are not in their prayers, all their ⟨p. 319⟩praying is but as an hideous howling in the account of God.3 The cry of the heart is the only cry that God likes, loves and looks for; he accepts of no cry, he delights in no cry, he rewards no cry but the cry of the heart. Hypocrites are heartless in their cries, and therefore they cry and howl, and howl and cry, and all to no purpose; they cry and murmur, and they howl and repine; they cry and blaspheme, and they howl and rebel; and therefore they meet with nothing from heaven but frowns, and blows, and disappointments, Isa. 29.13. Wherefore the Lord said, for as much as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me.