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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.
Eighthly, Tell him that thou art unwilling to be miserable §8for ever, tell him that thou canst not bare the thoughts of an eternal separation from him, and yet this must be thy portion, except he will glorify the riches of his grace in bestowing of that pearl of price, holiness upon thee; oh tell him, that thy want of holiness is now thy greatest hell, tell him that thou art now fully resolved to give him no rest, till he has changed thy heart, and made thee in some measure to be what he would have thee to be, &c.
Eighthly, Tell him that thou art unwilling to be miserable §8for ever, tell him that thou canst not bare the thoughts of an eternall separation from him, and yet this must be thy portion, except he will glorifie the riches of his grace in bestowing of that pearle of price, holiness upon thee; oh tell him, that thy want of holiness is now thy greatest hell, tell him that thou art now fully resolved to give him no rest, till he has changed thy heart, and made thee in some measure to be what he would have thee to be, &c.
It is observable amongst the worst of men, the Turks, yea amongst the worst of Turks, the Moors, that by their Law it is a just exception against any witness, that he hath not prayed six times every natural day, it being a usual custom with them to pray for day before the day brake, and when 'tis day they give thanks for day light, and at noon they give thanks to God that half the day is past, and then at last they pray that they may have a good night after their day: Ah sinners, sinners, shall not these Turks rise up one day in Judgement against you that think not holiness worth a praying for.
It is observable amongst the worst of men, the Turks, yea amongst the worst of Turks, the Moores, that by their Law it is a just exception against any witness, that he hath not prayed six times every natural day, it being a usual custome with them to pray for day before the day brake, and when 'tis day they give thanks for day light, and at noone they give thanks to God that halfe the day is past, and then at last they pray that they may have a good night after their day: Ah sinners, sinners, shall not these Turks rise up one day in Judgement against you that thinke not holiness worth a praying for.