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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.
First, That all Saints shall be equal sharers, in the substantial, and essential glory of Heaven, &c. but of this I have spoken before: and therefore,
First, That all Saints shall bee equal sharers, in the substantial, and essential glory of Heaven, &c. but of this I have spoken before: and therefore,
Secondly, Though a Father buys a rich inheritance for all his Children, yet this lays no necessity nor obligation at all upon him, to allot to every one of his Children an equal portion? so though our Lord Jesus Christ, hath by his blood purchased a rich inheritance for his Children, yet this lays no necessity nor obligation at all upon Jesus Christ, to divide this rich inheritance, by equal portions among his Children; tis true, that Christ hath purchased all with his blood, and tis as true, that he may divide his purchase among his people as he pleases; if every man may do with his own as he pleaseth why may not Christ, must he needs be bound when others are free?
Secondly, Though a Father buyes a rich inheritance for all his Children, yet this laies no necessity nor obligation at all upon him, to alot to every one of his Children an equal portion? so though our Lord Jesus Christ, hath by his blood purchased a rich inheritance for his Children, yet this layes no necessity nor obligation at all upon Jesus Christ, to divide this rich inheritance, by equal portions among his Children; tis true, that Christ hath purchased all with his blood, and tis as true, that hee may divide his purchase among his people as hee pleases; if every man may do with his own as hee pleaseth why may not Christ, must hee needs bee bound when others are free?