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  FOR TOYS AND TRIFLES
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: Do not trifle with your soul, for it is more valuable than a
thousand worlds, and neglecting it will lead to eternal consequences.

Topics: "Eternal Consequences", "Value of the Soul"
Scripture References: Ecclesiastes 12:14, Matthew 16:26, Mark 8:36, Luke 12:20, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Philippians 3:19, Hebrews 9:27, James 4:14, 1 Peter 1:18-19, Revelation 20:15

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Thomas Brooks warns against the grave danger of neglecting our immortal
souls in favor of worldly pleasures and trivial pursuits. He emphasizes
that trading our souls for temporary satisfaction is a grave mistake, as
our souls are invaluable and eternal. Brooks vividly describes the
torment that awaits those who prioritize sin and the fleeting joys of
this world over their relationship with God. He urges listeners to
consider the eternal consequences of their choices and to seek true
fulfillment in Christ rather than in trifles. Ultimately, he calls for a
deep reflection on the value of the soul and the importance of making
spiritual provisions.

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If they deserve a hanging, who feast their slaves,

and starve their wives; who make provision for their

enemies--but none for their friend; how will you

escape hanging in hell, who make provision for

everything, yes, for all your lusts--but make no

provision for your immortal souls? What shall we

think of those who sell their precious souls--for

toys and trifles which cannot profit?

Ah! do not pawn your souls, do not sell your souls,

do not exchange away your souls, do not trifle and

fool away your precious souls! They are jewels, more

worth than a thousand worlds! If they are safe--all is

safe; but if they are lost--all is lost: God lost, and

Christ lost, and heaven lost--and that forever!

Now if you are resolved to spend your strength in the

service of sin and the world; then know that no tongue

can express, no heart can conceive that trouble of mind,

that terror of soul, that horror of conscience, that fear

and amazement, that weeping and wailing, that crying

and roaring, that sighing and groaning, that cursing and

howling, that stamping and tearing, that wringing of hands

and gnashing of teeth--which shall certainly attend you,

when God shall bring you into judgment--for all your

looseness and lightness, for all your wickedness and

wantonness, for all your profaneness and baseness, for

all your neglect of God, your grieving the Comforter, your

trampling under foot the blood of a Savior, for your prizing

earth above heaven, and the pleasures of this world above

the pleasures which are at God's right hand.

Oh! how will you wish in that day when your sins shall

be charged on you--when justice shall be armed against

you--when conscience shall be gnawing within you--when

the world shall be a flaming fire about you--when the gates

of heaven shall be shut against you--and the flame of hell

ready to take hold of you--when angels and saints shall sit

in judgment upon you, and forever turn their faces from

you--when evil spirits shall be terrifying you--and Jesus

Christ forever disowning you; how will you, I say, wish

in that day--that you had never been born, or that you

might now be unborn, or that your mothers' wombs had

been your tombs! Oh, how will you then wish to be turned

into a bird, a beast, a stock, a stone, a toad, a tree! How

you will say, Oh that our immortal souls were mortal! Oh

that we were nothing! Oh that we were anything but what

we are!

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