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A word in season to this present generation, or, A sober and serious discourse…
A word in season to this present generation, or, A sober and serious discourse about the favourable, signal and eminent presence of the Lord with his people in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers : with the resolution of several questions, concerning the divine presence, as also the reasons and improvements of this great and glorious truth ... / by Thomas Brooks ...A word in season to this present generation, or, A sober and serious discourse about the favorable, signal and eminent presence of the Lord with his people in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers : with the resolution of several questions, concerning the divine presence, as also the reasons and improvements of this great and glorious truth ... / by Thomas Brooks ...
London: printed for Dorman Newman, 1675
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.
and Paul will rather dye upon the 1spot, than be brought to his enemies bow. The ten persecuting Emperors could never bring the primitive Christians to their bow; Nor the bloody, fierce, and fiery Papists could never bring the Martyrs to their bow, as you may see through out the Books of Martyrs. Among the many hundred instances that are there, I shall only refresh your memory with this one: There were Endeavours to bring Hawks to their bow, but all in 2vain; at last some of his Christian Friends desired him for their encouragement and confirmation to give some token when he was in the flames (a strange time one would think to attend upon signs by Friends) whether pains were tolerable, or no. He was bound to the stake, fire put to the wood, it burns, it flames, it consumes his flesh, his eyes start out of his head, his fingers are consumed with the fire; and when every one thought him dead, expecting the fall of his body: lo, suddenly he lifts up his stumps, and thrice as a famous conqueror, he claps them over his head. In this he was more than a Conqueror.
and Paul will rather dye upon the 1spot, than be brought to his enemies bow. The ten persecuting Emperours could never bring the primitive Christians to their bow; Nor the bloody, fierce, and fiery Papists could never bring the Martyrs to their bow, as you may see through out the Books of Martyrs. Among the many hundred instances that are there, I shall only refresh your memory with this one: There were Endeavours to bring Hawkes to their bow, but all in 2vain; at last some of his Christian Friends desired him for their encouragment and confirmation to give some token when he was in the flames (a strange time one would think to attend upon signs by Friends) whether pains were tolerable, or no. He was bound to the stake, fire put to the wood, it burns, it flames, it consumes his flesh, his eyes start out of his head, his fingers are consumed with the fire; and when every one thought him dead, expecting the fall of his body: lo, suddenly he lifts up his stumps, and thrice as a famous conquerour, he claps them over his head. In this he was more than a Conquerour.