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Ecclesia Monilia. The peculiar treasure of the Almighty King opened; and the jewels that…
Ecclesia Monilia. The peculiar treasure of the Almighty King opened; and the jewels that are made up in it, exposed. At Boston lecture, July 14. 1726. Whereof one is more particularly exhibited, in the character of Mrs. Elizabeth Cotton, who was laid up a few days before. : And certain instruments and memorials of piety, written by that valuable & Honourable gentlewoman.
Boston: printed for Daniel Henchman, 1726
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BUT we will proceed more particularly to consider, the Accounts on which these XEIMHAIA as we may call them, of GOD our SAVIOUR, may be called, The Jewels of the Glorious Lord.
BUT we will proceed more particularly to consider, the Accounts on which these XEIMHAIA as we may call them, of GOD our SAVIOUR, may be call'd, The Jewels of the Glorious Lord.
First. THE Children of GOD, How Dear, How Dear, unto Him are they? No Prince can set such a Price upon His Jewels, as the Glorious GOD sets upon His Children. He says of them, They are the dearly beloved of my Soul. He says to them, I have loved thee with an everlasting Love. About this Cabinet of Jewels, we find Him saying, Isai. XLIII. 4. Thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been Honourable; and I have loved thee; Therefore will I give Men for thee, and People for thy Life. So precious are these Jewels, to the Glorious GOD, that He will Destroy every thing that stands in the way of the Good which He has to do for them. So precious are they, that in Times of common Desolation, He sets a Mark upon them for their Signal Preservation. So precious are they, that He gives His Angels charge over them, and commits them to the Ministering Spirits, with a command unto them, to take these Heirs of Salvation into their Custody. Yea, the Highest among those who Ride upon the High places of the Earth, although' they should ⟨p. 6⟩he those who wear cloth of Gold, all studded with Jewels, are not of such precious Esteem with the Glorious GOD, as His Children that Choose the things that please Him, though they make never so mean an Appearance, and are the poor People in Vile Raiment, whom the Proud Ones of the Earth, would have to sit under their Footstool. Indeed, They have nothing in and of themselves to recommend them unto a precious Esteem with GOD. If GOD have any Esteem for them, 'Tis even so, Father, because it pleases thee! The only Reason of the Esteem which the Glorious GOD has for any, is that Reason of all Reasons, His Good Pleasure; which says, I loved thee, because I loved thee. And it must be said, as it is, in