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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.
but such as are wise, serious, grave Statesmen, they mind not, they regard not such poor things, they look upon those things as things that are much below the nobleness and the greatness of their spirits, who have honourable objects, and the great and weighty affairs of the State to busy themselves about; so my Brethren, though the children, the fools, and the Rabble of the world are much affected and taken with such pollutions and mixtures, as makes up a glorious pompous worship, yet you that have a spirit of holiness, and principles of holiness in you, O how should you slight such things, and pass by such things as things below you, as things not worthy of you, who have a holy God, a holy Christ, a holy Gospel, ⟨p. 466⟩and a holy worship, to busy your thoughts, your minds, your heads, and your hearts about. But,
but such as are wise, serious, grave Statesmen, they mind not, they regard not such poor things, they look upon those things as things that are much below the nobleness and the greatness of their spirits, who have honorable objects, and the great and weighty affaires of the State to busie themselves about; so my Brethren, though the children, the fools, and the Rabble of the world are much affected and taken with such polutions and mixtures, as makes up a glorious pompious worship, yet you that have a spirit of holiness, and principles of holiness in you, O how should you slight such things, and pass by such things as things below you, as things not worthy of you, who have a holy God, a holy Christ, a holy Gospel, ⟨p. 466⟩and a holy worship, to busie your thoughts, your minds, your heads, and your hearts about. But,
Fifthly, Evidence the truth and reality of your holiness, by bewailing and lamenting the loss of holiness. Ah how is this crown of holiness fallen from our heads!1