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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
Dedication: To all the Lords, Knights, Ladies, Gentry, Ministers and Commons of England, (and the D…
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.
1All knowing men can tell you, that many Ladies and Gentlewomen in all Ages, have been very famous for all Natural, Moral, Spiritual and Acquired excellencies; yea more famous then many men that yet have done worthily in their Generation; and by their attainments you may easily see what is possible for you to attain unto, both in respect of gifts and grace. Of all things, gracious examples are most awakening, convincing and encouraging; for in them you may see that both the attainment of holiness, and the exercise of holiness, is possible, though difficult; in eying of examples, it is always best to eye the highest, the holiest and the worthiest examples; for as he that shooteth at the Sun, though he falls short of his mark, yet will shoot higher then he that aimeth only at a shrub; so those that set up the highest examples of ⟨image 27⟩holiness for their mark, for their imitation, will certainly attain to greater degrees of holiness, then those that propose to themselves the meanest and the lowest examples of holiness for their pattern and imitation.
1All knowing men can tell you, that many Ladies and Gentlewomen in all Ages, have been very famous for all Natural, Moral, Spiritual and Acquired excellencies; yea more famous then many men that yet have done worthily in their Generation; and by their attainments you may easily see what is possible for you to attain unto, both in respect of gifts and grace. Of all things, gracious examples are most awakening, convincing and encouraging; for in them you may see that both the attainment of holinesse, and the exercise of holinesse, is possible, though difficult; in eying of examples, it is alwayes best to eye the highest, the holiest and the worthiest examples; for as he that shooteth at the Sun, though he falls short of his mark, yet will shoot higher then he that aimeth only at a shrub; so those that set up the highest examples of ⟨image 27⟩holinesse for their mark, for their imitation, will certainly attain to greater degrees of holinesse, then those that propose to themselves the meanest and the lowest examples of holinesse for their pattern and imitation.