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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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The third Royal Fort, that Christians should have their §3eyes, their hearts fixed upon, whether their graces or gracious evidences sparkle and shine, or are obscured and clouded, is the Covenant of grace. The Covenant of grace is a new compact or agreement which God hath made with sinful man out of his own mere mercy and grace,1 wherein he undertakes both for himself and for fallen man, & wherein he engages himself to make fallen man everlastingly happy. All mankind had been eternally lost, and God had lost all the glory of his mercy for ever, had he not of his own free-grace and mercy made such an agreement with sinful man. This Covenant is called a Covenant of grace, because it flows from the mere grace and mercy of God. There was nothing out of God, nor nothing in God, but his mere mercy and grace that moved him to enter into Covenant with poor sinners. In the ⟨p. 364⟩Covenant of grace there are two things considerable, First, the Covenant that God makes for himself to us, which consists of these Branches; 1. That he will be our God. 2. That he will give us a new heart, a new spirit. 3. That he will not turn away his face from us from doing of us good. 4. That he will put his fear into our hearts. 5. That he will cleanse us from all our filthiness, and from all our Idols. 6. That he will rejoice over us to do us good. Secondly, here is the Covenant which God doth make for us to himself, which consists in these things; 1. That we shall be his people. 2. That we shall fear him for ever. 3. That we shall walk in his Statutes, keep his Judgments and do them. 4. That we shall not depart from him. Upon many accounts I may not enlarge on these things; but by these short hints 'tis evident, that the Covenant of grace is an entire Covenant made by God, both for himself and for us. O Sirs! in the Covenant of grace God stands engaged to give whatsoever he requires.
The third Royal Fort, that Christians should have their §3eyes, their hearts fixed upon, whether their graces or gracious evidences sparkle and shine, or are obscured and clouded, is the Covenant of grace. The Covenant of grace is a new compact or agreement which God hath made with sinful man out of his own meer mercy and grace,