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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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and Haman find it so? and Sennacherib find it so? and Nebuchadnezzar find it so? and Belshazzar find it so? and Herod find it so? In all the ages of the world the power of God hath bore down all before it; the power of God is an independent power, a matchless power, an incomparable power, an enduring power, an eternal power. And as the Covenant of grace is bottomed upon the power of God,1 so it is bottomed upon the oath of God, Luke 1.72. To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy Covenant. Ver. 73. The oath which he sware to our father Abraham. To think that God will break his oath, or be perjured, is an intolerable blasphemy. Once ⟨p. 373⟩more give me leave to say, the Covenant of grace is bottomed not only upon the oath of God, but also upon the precious blood of Christ. The blood of Christ is called the blood of the everlasting Covenant, Heb. 13.20. Mat. 26.28. This is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins: Heb. 9.15. And for this cause he is the Mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the fi•st Testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. Ver. 17. A Testament is of force after men are dead. It is called a Covenant and a Testament. 1. A Covenant in respect of God, and a Testament in respect of Christ. 2. A Covenant in respect of the manner of agreement, and a Testament in respect of the manner of confirming. Jesus Christ died as a Testator, and by his death confirmed the Testamentary gift before made of Life and Salvation. Now, the Covenant of grace being thus gloriously bottomed as you se•, it must roundly and undeniably follow, that th• Covenant of grace is a sure Covenant.