A29686:631
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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Luther would not take all the world for one leaf of the Bible, he took such sweet pleasure and excellent delight in it. Rabbi Chiia in the Jerusalem Talmud says, That in his account all the world is not of equal value with one word out of the Law.1 The Martyrs would have given a load of Hay for a few Chapters of the Bible in English: Some of them gave five marks for a Bible, they were so delighted and taken with the Word, as it was a holy Word, a pure Word, a spiritual Word. Dolphins (they say) love music; and so do sincere Christians love the music of the Word. It's upon record, that Mary spent ⟨p. 327⟩the third part of her time in reading the Word, she was so affected and delighted with the holiness and purity of it. King Edward the sixth being about to lay hold on something that was above the reach of his short arm, one that stood by espying a bossed Bible lying on the Table, offered to lay that under his feet to heighten him;2 but the good young King disliked the motion, and instead of treading it under his feet, he laid it to his heart, to express the joy and delight that he took in the holy Word.
Luther would not take all the world for one leaf of the Bible, he took such sweet pleasure and excellent delight in it. Rabbi Chiia in the Jerusalem Talmud sayes, That in his account all the world is not of equal value with one word out of the Law.1 The Martyrs would have given a load of Hay for a few Chapters of the Bible in English: Some of them gave five marks for a Bible, they were so delighted and taken with the Word, as it was a holy Word, a pure Word, a spiritual Word. Dolphins (they say) love musick; and so do sincere Christians love the musick of the Word. It's upon record, that Mary spent ⟨p. 327⟩the third part of her time in reading the Word, she was so affected and delighted with the holiness and purity of it. King Edward the sixth being about to lay hold on something that was above the reach of his short arm, one that stood by espying a boss'd Bible lying on the Table, offered to lay that under his feet to heighten him;