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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.
4. The holy Examples of all the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles,1 and Saints that are left on record, on purpose to provoke you to an imitation of them in holiness; their holy examples, as so many shining stars, are left upon record, to influence us to holiness. In the holy examples of those that are now triumphant in heaven, you may run and read that holiness is attainable. In their holy examples, as in so many looking-glasses, you may see that holiness is a Jewel that may be procured; by that holiness that others have reached to, sinners may see that it is possible that they may be made Saints. Again, it is possible that you may be holy: Witness,
4. The holy Examples of all the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles,1 and Saints that are left on record, on purpose to provoke you to an imitation of them in holiness; their holy examples, as so many shining stars, are left upon record, to influence us to holiness. In the holy examples of those that are now triumphant in heaven, you may run and read that holiness is attainable. In their holy examples, as in so many looking-glasses, you may see that holiness is a Jewel that may be procured; by that holiness that others have reached to, sinners may see that it is possible that they may be made Saints. Again, it is possible that you may be holy: Witnesse,
- 1Praecepta docent, exempla movent.
5. All those notorious sinners that the Scripture declares, have been sanctified and made holy, to instance only in a few. Adam you know was created in an estate of innocency,1 integrity and perfect holiness; he being made in the image of God, and after the likeness and similitude of God; it was agreed upon in the Parliament of heaven, that man should be made glorious in holiness,