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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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THE Second Thing whereto we are to be directed, is This; Let us Have Jewels, and we shall Be Jewels. Let us obtain as much as we can of those things, which are the most Inestimable Jewels. You shall now be pointed unto some Inestimable Jewels; whereof you are to be advised, let not such sorry Barley-Corns, as the best Things of this World, be, (as in the Ancient Parable) preferred with you, before such Inestimable Jewels.
THE Second Thing whereto we are to be directed, is This; Let us Have Jewels, and we shall Be Jewels. Let us obtain as much as we can of those things, which are the most Inestimable Jewels. You shall now be pointed unto some Inestimable Jewels; whereof you are to be advised, let not such sorry Barley-Corns, as the best Things of this World, be, (as in the Ancient Parable) preferr'd with you, before such Inestimable Jewels.
First. WHAT Think you of a Glorious CHRIST? Verily, A CHRIST, A CHRIST, is what you read; Mat. XIII. 46. A Pearl of Great Price. An Union with a CHRIST: Oh! ⟨p. 20⟩No such Pearl as That; An Interest in a CHRIST; A Dying Hour will teach you to Value it above a Thousand Worlds, if you do not so before. Well; This Glorious CHRIST now offers Himself unto you all; He says, I am willing to be Thine. Oh! Thankfully, Heartily, Presently embrace the Offer, and say, I have Unsearchable Riches for mine, if I have Thee for mine, O my SAVIOUR. We read; Prov. XVII. 8. A precious Stone, whithersoever it turns, it prospers. What? Shall such a precious Stone as This be tendered, and shall it not prosper, and make its way, and find Reception, whithersoever it is tendered? O Criminal Stupidity! O Prodigious Ingratitude!