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The crown & glory of Christianity, or, Holiness, the only way to happiness discovered…The crovvn & glory of Christianity, or, Holiness, the only way to happiness discovered…
The crown & glory of Christianity, or, Holiness, the only way to happiness discovered in LVIII sermons from Heb. 12. 14, where you have the necessity, excellency, rarity, beauty and glory of holiness set forth, with the resolution of many weighty questions and cases, also motives and means to perfect holiness : with many other things of very high and great importance to all the sons and daughters of men, that had rather be blessed then cursed, saved then damned / by Thomas Brooks ...The crovvn & glory of Christianity, or, Holiness, the only way to happiness discovered in LVIII sermons from Heb. 12. 14, where you have the necessity, excellency, rarity, beauty and glory of holiness set forth, with the resolution of many weighty questions and cases, also motives and means to perfect holiness : with many other things of very high and great importance to all the sons and daughters of men, that had rather be blessed then cursed, saved then damned / by Thomas Brooks ...
London: printed for H. Crips, 1662
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And therefore to be abhorred, avoided, and shunned as a man would shun hell it self. Who but a fool or mad man would exchange one old piece of gold for a hundred n•w counters? and what then shall we think of those who willingly and readily exchange old tried truths for new […]! The society of such must be shunned.
And therefore to be abhorred, avoided, and shunned as a man would shun hell it self. Who but a fool or mad man would exchange one old piece of gold for a hundred n•w counters? and what then shall we think of those who willingly and readily exchange old tried truths for new 〈…〉! The society of such must be shunned.
Fi•••ly, Such as cause divisions and discord among the people of God, Rom. 16.17. Now I beseech you, Brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them. Mark them, the Greek word [Greek or Hebrew] signifies such a marking as a watch-man useth that stands on a Watch-Tower to descry an approaching enemy.1 Ah, with what a wary, with what a watchful, with what a curious, with what a jealous, with what a serious, with what a diligent eye doth the watchman watch all the motions, turnings and windings of the approaching enemy! with such an eye we should mark them that cause divisions. And avoid them, the Greek word [Greek or Hebrew] signifies a studious careful declining of them: A man must decline and shun them, as he would decline and shun such persons or things that are most pernicious, dangerous or infectious to him. Divisions are a dishonour to Christ, a reproach to Christians, a blot upon profession, a block in the way of the weak, and a sword in the hand of the wicked; they are Satan's Engines and an inlet to all destruction and confusion. And therefore the Authors of them are to be shunned and avoided.