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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.
Sixthly, For verity; the Scriptures are most sure and certain, §6heaven and earth shall pass away, before one jot or tittle of the Scripture shall pass unfulfilled.
Seventhly, For variety; there are no varieties to those that §7are to be found in Scripture; as in Noah's Ark all sorts of ⟨p. 320⟩creatures were to be found, so in this heavenly Ark, the Scriptures, all varieties are to be found; here you may find Physic for every disease, and Balm for every wound, and a plaster for every sore; Here the Lamb may wade, and here the Elephant may swim; here is milk for Babes, and here is meat for strong men; here is comfort for the afflicted, and succour for the tempted, and support for the distressed, and ease for the wearied; here is a staff to support the feeble, and a sword to defend the mighty. That which a Papist reports lyingly of their Sacraments, of the Mass, viz. That there are as many mysteries in it, as there are drops in the sea, dust on the earth, Angels in heaven, Stars in the sky, Atoms in the Sun-beams, or sands on the Sea shore, &c. may be truly asserted of the holy Scriptures; there are many thousand thousand varieties in this garden of Paradise, the Scripture.
Seventhly, For variety; there are no varieties to those that §7are to be found in Scripture; as in Noahs Ark all sorts of ⟨p. 320⟩creatures were to be found, so in this heavenly Ark, the Scriptures, all varieties are to be found; here you may finde Physick for every disease, and Balm for every wound, and a plaister for every sore; Here the Lamb may wade, and here the Elephant may swim; here is milk for Babes, and here is meat for strong men; here is comfort for the afflicted, and succour for the tempted, and support for the distressed, and ease for the wearied; here is a staff to support the feeble, and a sword to defend the mighty. That which a Papist reports lyingly of their Sacraments, of the Mass, viz. That there are as many misteries in it, as there are drops in the sea, dust on the earth, Angels in heaven, Stars in the sky, Atoms in the Sun-beams, or sands on the Sea shore, &c. may be truly asserted of the holy Scriptures; there are many thousand thousand varieties in this garden of Paradise, the Scripture.