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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.
Object. Object. 2 But hereafter may be time enough to look after holiness, I may yet pursue after the pleasures and profits of the world, I may yet spend some years in gratifying mine own lusts, and in walking after the course of the world, I have time enough before me, and therefore some years hence may be time enough to look after holiness. Now to this objection I shall give these Answers.
First, Thou wilt not say that thou canst be saved too soon, nor §1happy too soon, nor blessed too soon, nor pardoned too soon, nor in the favour of God too soon, nor out of the danger of wrath, hell, and everlasting burnings too soon, and if so, then certainly thou canst not be holy too soon; for thou canst never be truly happy, till thou art truly holy: No man will be so foolish and mad, as to say, he may be rich too soon, and great too soon, and high and honourable in the world too soon, and in fa•••r and ⟨p. 348⟩esteem with men (especially with great men) too soon; and why then shouldest thou be so mad and foolish, as practically to say that thou canst be holy too soon? and yet thus much thou doest proclaim upon the house-top, when thou criest out, hereafter, hereafter will be time enough to seek after holiness. But,
First, Thou wilt not say that thou canst be saved too soon, nor §1happie too soon, nor blessed too soon, nor pardoned too soon, nor in the favour of God too soon, nor out of the danger of wrath, hell, and everlasting burnings too soon, and if so, then certainly thou canst not be holy too soon; for thou canst never be truly happie, till thou art truly holy: No man will be so foolish and mad, as to say, he may be rich too soon, and great too soon, and high and honorable in the world too soon, and in fa•••r and ⟨p. 348⟩