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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.
In the fourteenth place, A man that is really holy; will §14be holy among the unholy; he will retain and keep his holiness,1 let the times be never so unholy. Principles of grace and holiness are lasting, they are not like the morning cloud, nor the early dew. Holy Abraham was righteous in Chaldea; holy Lot was just in Sodom; holy Job was upright in the land of Uzz, which was a place of much profaneness and superstition: Holy Nehemiah was courageous and zealous in Damasco: And so was holy Daniel in Babylon. The several generations wherein these holy men lived, were wholly devoted to wickedness and superstition, and yet these precious souls had wholly devoted themselves to godliness. And of the same spirit, mind and metal was holy David, Psalm 119.20. My soul breaketh for the longing it hath to thy judgements at all times. Let the times be never so dangerous, licentious, superstitious, or erroneous, yet Davids heart was strongly carried forth to Gods judgements; that is, to his word: for under this title Judgements, you are to understand the whole word of God. And so there were some in Sardis that were of the same spirit (with the Worthies above mentioned) Rev. 3.4. Thou hast a few names even in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments, 2and they shall walk with me in white: ⟨p. 155⟩for they are worthy. In polluting times, pure hearts will keep themselves pure. A holy heart will keep himself undefiled, even in defiling times; when others are besmeared all over, he will keep his garments white and clean. Let the times never so often turn, you shall find that he that is really holy, will be holy under every turn: no turns shall turn him out of a way of holiness, Job 17.9. The righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands, 3shall be stronger and stronger. A man that is really holy, will be holy among the holy, and he will be holy among the unholy. If you look upon him among unholy friends, unholy children, and unholy servants, you shall find him holy. If you look upon him among unholy neighbours, you shall find him holy; and if you look upon him among unholy buyers and sellers, you shall find him holy: If you take him at his Table, you shall find him holy; if you take him in his shop, in his commerce, you shall find him holy; if you take him in his family, you shall find him holy; if you take him in his Closet, you shall find him holy;