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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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MALACHI III. 17. They shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in that Day, when I make up my Jewels.
AND may We, Poor, Mean, Vile Bits of Clay, hope to be changed into, and found among, these Radiant Jewels? Lord, make us Thine, and we shall be so!
AND may We, Poor, Mean, Vile Bits of Clay, hope to be chang'd into, and found among, these Radiant Jewels? Lord, make us Thine, and we shall be so!
THE Prophetic Spirit in the Conclusion of the Old Testament foretells four hundred Years before they were accomplished, the Things that were to occur at the Beginning of the New. He foretells the coming of the REDEEMER, and of His Harbinger; and the Frame and the Fate of the People, at the Time when these Illustrious Predictions, were to have their Accomplishment. There would be a wicked People, who should be but Stubble in the Day of Burning Wrath, which would come from GOD upon the Jewish Nation. Unto these GOD would leave neither Root nor ⟨p. 2⟩Branch; They were to be rejected of GOD; and they that should be left of them, would be standing Monuments of the Divine Vengeance for the Admonition of the Gentiles. But there would be also a Godly People; who would studiously animate and establish One another, in the Faith of their only SAVIOUR. Of these it is foretold, They shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts, in the Day when I make up my Jewels. None but They shall now be owned by the GOD of Heaven, for True Israelites; They, and the Gentiles associated with them, who should now take the place of the abdicated Jews in the Kingdom of GOD, and be a Surrogate Israel. These the Glorious GOD, would now wonderfully distinguish with His Favour: They should be of as much Regard with Him, as any Jewels can be to the owner of them.