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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.
First, it is [Greek or Hebrew], an incorruptible inheritance. All earthly inheritances are liable to corruption, 1they are true gardens of Adonis, where we can gather nothing but trivial flowers, surrounded with many briars thorns and thistles. O the hands, the hearts, the thoughts, the lives that have been corrupted by earthly inheritances! O the impure love, the carnal confidence, the vain boastings, the sensual joys that have been the products of earthly inheritances. If a mans estate lies in 2money, that may rust, or the thieves may break through and steal it; If in cattle, they may dye, or fall into the hands of the Sabeans and Chaldeans; If in houses, they may be burnt, witness the late dreadful fire that turned London into a ruinous heap; If in Lands, a foreign enemy may invade them, and conquer them. All earthly inheritances are no better than the Cities which Solomon 3gave to Hiram, which he called Cabul, that is to say, Displeasing or Dirty. Earthly inheritances they do but dirt, laub, and dust the children of men; it is only the Heavenly inheritance that is incorruptible.
First, it is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, an incorruptible inheritance. All earthly inheritances are liable to corruption, 1they are true gardens of Adoms, where we can gather nothing but trivial flowers, surrounded with many bryars thornes and thistles. O the hands, the hearts, the thoughts, the lives that have been corrupted by earthly inheritances! O the impure love, the carnal confidence, the vain boastings, the senfual joyes that have been the products of earthly inheritances. If a mans estate lyes in 2money, that may rust, or the thieves may break through and steal it; If in cattle, they may dye, or fall into the hands of the Sabeans and Chaldeans; If in houses, they may be burnt, witness the late dreadful fire that turn'd London into a ruinous heap; If in Lands, a forreign enemy may invade them, and conquer them. All earthly inheritances are no better than the Cities which Solomon