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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.
The head hath communion with the body by sense, influence, motion. The root with the branches, by leaf, sap, and juice. The foundation with the building, by support and strength. The husband with the wife, by love and consent: Thus it is betwixt Christ and the Believers, 1 Cor. l. 9. God is faithful by whom ye are called, to the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ. All Believers have fellowship with Christ, whether they be strong or weak, rich or poor, 1high or low, ripe and well grown, or new born babes, and very tender. The head hath conjunction with all the members, and an influence into all the members, even the little Toes, as well as into the strongest Arms; and the root (in the virtue of it) extends to the weakest branches, as well as to the strongest limbs of the Tree. Communion is as large as union, all Believers are united to Christ, and all Believers have communion with Christ. Though one star exceeds another in magnitude, yet all are alike seated in the heavenly Orb; and though one member be larger in the body than another, yet every one hath an equal conjunction with the head: And as Believers have fellowship with the Father and the Son, so they have fellowship with the Spirit also; every Believers communion extends to all the Persons in the Trinity. 2 Cor. 13. 14. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen. Now, no ⟨p. 74⟩Men, no Devils, no wrath, no rage, no malice, no enmity, no afflictions, no oppositions, do persecutions, no troubles, no trials, no bonds, no banishment, can interrupt or hinder a Believers communion with the three Persons in Trinity. But
The head hath communion with the body by sense, influence, motion. The root with the branches, by leaf, sap, and juice. The foundation with the building, by support and strength. The husband with the wife, by love and consent: Thus it is betwixt Christ and the Believers, 1 Cor. l. 9. God is faithful by whom ye are called, to the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ. All Believers have fellowship with Christ, whether they be strong or weak, rich or poor, 1