A29686:702
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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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Now, a man will never reject his Wife, he will never cast off his Wife for those common weaknesses and infirmities that daily attends her; no more will the Lord cast off his people, because of the infirmities that daily hang upon them. In this great Charter, the Covenant of grace, the Lord declares, that he will require no more than he gives; and that he will give what he requires, and that he will accept what he gives; and what can a God say more? and what can a gracious soul desire more?
O Sirs! when all is cloudy over head, and all dark within doors, when a Christians graces are not transparent, when his evidences for heaven are soiled and blotted, and when neither heart nor house are as they should be, 'tis good then to turn to the Covenant grace, and to dwell upon the Covenant of grace. Thus David did, 2 Sam. 23.5. Although my house be not so with God, yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. Let me give a little light into the words.
Although my house be not so with God.] Though David in the main had a good heart, yet he had but a wicked house. Absalom had slain his Brother, rebelled against his Father, and lay with his Fathers Concubines. And Amnon had deflowered his Sister, &c. Now David under a deep sense of all this wickedness, and of his own personal unworthiness, sadly sighs it out, Although my house be not so with God, &c. though I have not walked so exactly and perfectly as I should have done, though neither I nor my house have walked answerable to those great mercies and singular kindnesses of God that have been extended to us.