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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.
how should a sinner fall a weeping when he looks upon the greatness of his wickedness, and his want of holiness. As ever you would be holy mourn over your own unholiness. But,
Secondly, If ever thou wouldest be holy, thou must seek the §2holy Spirit; the spirit is the efficient cause of all that holiness that is in the world. The Spirit of God is a Spirit of holiness, Rom. 1.4. he is frequently called the holy Spirit, Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy spirit from me, Psal. 5.11. But they rebelled and vexed his holy spirit, Isa. 63.10. And grieve not the holy spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption, Eph. 4.30. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit, 1 Thes. 4.8. In whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed by the holy spirit of promise, Eph. 1.13. To make a man holy, is more then to create a world, 'tis a work too high and too hard for Angels or men, it becomes none, and it can be done by none but by the holy spirit; sanctification is made the ⟨p. 302⟩spirits personal operation in that 2 Thess. 2.13. and in that 1 Pet. 1.2. 'Tis the great work of the spirit to shape, form, and fashion the new creature holiness in all the vessels of glory. The spirit is the root of all holiness, and therefore the several parts of holiness are called the fruits of the spirit,