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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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Now, shall Christ's heart be ravished with his children's graces, and shall not their hearts be ravished and delighted with those very graces that ravish Christ's own heart? I may, yea I ought to rejoice in the graces of others;1 and why then not in my own? I may, yea I ought to rejoice in others outward mercies, and in my own outward mercies. O! how much more then ought I to rejoice in the saving and distinguishing graces of the ⟨p. 351⟩Spirit, especially when I consider, that the least dram of grace is more worth than ten thousand thousand worlds,2 as every awakened conscience will tell you when they come to dye. Mark, firstly, mostly and chiefly a Christian is to rejoice in God and Christ; but secondarily and subordinately he may rejoice in those graces, and in those gracious evidences that God has given into his soul: Firstly, mostly and chiefly a Wife is to rejoice in the person of her Husband, but secondarily, subordinately she may rejoice in the bracelets, in the ear-rings, in the jewels, in the gold chains that are given her by her Husband. But,
Now, shall Christ's heart be ravished with his childrens graces, and shall not their hearts be ravished and delighted with those very graces that ravish Christ's own heart? I may, yea I ought to rejoyce in the graces of others;1 and why then not in my own? I may, yea I ought to rejoyce in others outward mercies, and in my own outward mercies. O! how much more then ought I to rejoyce in the saving and distinguishing graces of the ⟨p. 351⟩Spirit, especially when I consider, that the least dram of grace is more worth than ten thousand thousand worlds,2 as every awakened conscience will tell you when they come to dye. Mark, firstly, mostly and chiefly a Christian is to rejoyce in God and Christ; but secondarily and subordinately he may rejoyce in those graces, and in those gracious evidences that God has given into his soul: Firstly, mostly and chiefly a Wife is to rejoyce in the person of her Husband, but secondarily, subordinately she may rejoyce in the bracelets, in the ear-rings, in the jewels, in the gold chains that are given her by her Husband. But,