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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.
Secondly, There is no power nor policy on Earth or in Hell, that can deprive a Christian of his Crown of life, James 1. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation, for when he is tried he shall receive the Crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. (The Crown of life) that is Eternal life whereby after 1the fight and conquest he shall be glorified as with a Crown; as there was a Crown to him that overcame in their exercises among the Grecians. Blessedness is the general reward, the Crown of life is the particular reward: In these words as Chrysostom observes there is a great Emphasis, they are both Emphatical; for life is the best of all natural things, and a Crown is the best of all civil things: Here is the best and the best, words are too weak to express what a rare blessing a Crown of life is. The Crown of life is in the other World, saith Gregory, this life is the life of conflict, that of crowns and wreaths; but you will say, what doth this Crown of life signify. I answer,
Secondly, There is no power nor policy on Earth or in Hell, that can deprive a Christian of his Crown of life, James 1. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation, for when he is tried he shall receive the Crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. (The Crown of life) that is Eternal life whereby after 1the fight and conquest he shall be glo••fied as with a Crown; as there was a Crown to him that overcame in their exercises among the Grecians. Blessedness is the general reward, the Crown of life is the particular reward: In these words as Chrysostom obse•ves there is a great Emphasis, they are both Emphatical; for life is the best of all natural things, and a Crown is the best of all civil things: Here is the best and the best, words are too weak to express what a rare blessing a Crown of life is. The Crown of life is in the other World, saith Gregory, this life is the life of conflict, that of crowns and wreaths; but you will say, what doth this Crown of life signifie. I answer,