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London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our…
London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our (once renowned) city into a ruinous heap also the several lessons that are incumbent upon those whose houses have escaped the consuming flames / by Thomas Brooks.
London: printed for John Hancock and Nathaniel Ponder, 1670
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.
1. Enjoys not the peace of his conscience upon any just or solid grounds.
1. Enjoyes not the peace of his conscience upon any just or solid grounds.
2. He enjoys not the peace of contentment upon any sober or righteous grounds. But now a righteous man with his little, enjoys both peace of conscience, and peace of contentment; and this makes every better sweet, and every little sweet to be exceeding sweet. A dish of green Herbs with peace of conscience, and peace of contentment, is a noble feast, a continual feast to a gracious soul. But,
2. He enjoyes not the peace of contentment upon any sober or righteous grounds. But now a righteous man with his little, enjoyes both peace of conscience, and peace of contentment; and this makes every better sweet, and every little sweet to be exceeding sweet. A dish of green Hearbs with peace of conscience, and peace of contentment, is a noble feast, a continual feast to a gracious soul. But,
Eighthly, the righteous man sees God, and acknowledges §8God, and enjoys God in his little. Look, as he that can't 1see God in the least affliction, in the least judgement, will never be truly humbled; so he that can't see God in the least mercy, will never be truly thankful, nor cheerful in every ⟨p. 207⟩crust, crumb, drop and •ip of mercy that a righteous man enjoys, he sees much of the love of his God, and the care of his God, and the wisdom of his God, and the power of his God, and the faithfulness of his God, and the goodness of his God, in making the least provision for him. I have read of the Jews, how that when they read the little Book of Esther, they let fall the Book on the ground, and they give this reason for that Ceremony, because the name of God is not to b found in all that History. So a righteous man is ready to le that mercy drop out of his hand, out of his mouth wherein he can't read his God, and see his God, and taste his God, and enjoy his God. But now wicked mn may say, as Elisha did in another case: