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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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Fifthly. AND will He suffer any of them to be lost? No, He does Prize them too much for That; They have Cost Him too much for That. The Children of GOD shall be as ⟨p. 11⟩much looked after, as if they were His Jewels. GOD the FATHER has betrusted our SAVIOUR with His Children as His Jewels: And our SAVIOUR says, John X. 27. They shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my Hand. All the Attempts of Hell, to ruin the Children of GOD, or to rob Him of His Jewels, or break the Jewels to pieces, will all come to nothing. Our SAVIOUR will keep a strict Eye upon them, and for any to touch them, will be to Touch the Apple of His Eye. He has purchased them out of the Hands into which they had been forfeited: And not Silver, nor Gold, but His own precious Blood has been paid for them. They are called, His purchased Possession. Hereupon, He is continually polishing of them, and bringing them into the admirable Shape, in the Predestination of GOD intended for them. And, though they are an exceeding great Multitude, which no Man can Number, yet not one of them shall miscarry. He will anon present them all to His Eternal FATHER, with exceeding Joy; and in Terms like those; John XVII. 12. Those that thou bast given me I have kept; and not one of them is lost. Lost! No, They shall be made up. And in the Day of their being so, then, Seek ye out of the Book of the Lord, and read; no one of these shall fail, or be wanting; The Spirit of the Lord shall gather them. The Meaning of this, is what remains to be Enquired into.
Fifthly. AND will He suffer any of them to be lost? No, He does Prize them too much for That; They have Cost Him too much for That. The Children of GOD shall be as ⟨p. 11⟩much look'd after, as if they were His Jewels. GOD the FATHER has betrusted our SAVIOUR with His Children as His Jewels: And our SAVIOUR says, John X. 27. They shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my Hand. All the Attempts of Hell, to ruin the Children of GOD, or to rob Him of His Jewels, or break the Jewels to pieces, will all come to nothing. Our SAVIOUR will keep a strict Eye upon them, and for any to touch them, will be to Touch the Apple of His Eye. He has purchased them out of the Hands into which they had been forfeited: And not Silver, nor Gold, but His own precious Blood has been paid for them. They are called, His purchased Possession. Hereupon, He is continually polishing of them, and bringing them into the admirable Shape, in the Predestination of GOD intended for them. And, though they are an exceeding great Multitude, which no Man can Number, yet not one of them shall miscarry. He will anon present them all to His Eternal FATHER, with exceeding Joy; and in Terms like those;