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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 the main Thing to be pressed upon us, is; To press after, to make out for, to make sure of, this Incomparable Felicity; That we may be found among the Jewels of GOD, in the Day when He shall make up His Jewels.
BUT the main Thing to be press'd upon us, is; To press after, to make out for, to make sure of, this Incomparable Felicity; That we may be found among the Jewels of GOD, in the Day when He shall make up His Jewels.
IT is foretold, as the Glory of the Church in the latter Days; Isai. LIV. 11, 12. I will lay thy Foundations with Sapphires; and I will make thy Windows of Agates, and thy Gates of Carbuncles, and all thy Borders of pleasant Stones. Oh! That we who belong to this Church, may have our share in this Glory; and that we may be pleasant Stones in the Temple of our GOD.
IT is foretold, as the Glory of the Church in the latter Days; Isai. LIV. 11, 12. I will lay thy Foundations with Saphires; and I will make thy Windows of Agates, and thy Gates of Carbuncles, and all thy Borders of pleasant Stones. Oh! That we who belong to this Church, may have our share in this Glory; and that we may be pleasant Stones in the Temple of our GOD.
THE First Thing which we are therefore to be directed to, is; Let us become the Lord's; By a most Voluntary and Immediate Resignation and Consecration of our selves unto Him, let us become the Lord's. They shall be mine, saith the Lord. And That secures their being made up among His Jewels. GOD our SAVIOUR makes His most Gracious Overtures unto us all; Wilt thou be Mine? Art thou willing to be comprehended in the Covenant of Life, which I have made for my People? Art thou willing to be taken under my Conduct; willing that my Sacrifice and my Righteousness procure thy being Forgiven and Accepted of GOD! Willing that my SPIRIT should rectify all […] out of Order in