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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.
A second reason, Why God will be signally present 1with his People in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers, is drawn from the Covenant of grace, and those precious promises that God has made to be with his People. Gods Covenant is, 2that he will be with his People for ever, and that he will never turn away from them to do them good. That's a branch of the Covenant: I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. And that's a branch of the Covenant: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. The shield 3is between the body and the thrust. So saith God, I will put in betwixt thee and harm; though those Kings whom thou hast even now vanquished, may rant high and threaten revenge, yet I will shield off all dangers, that thou mayest be incident to. Though Gods People be in the waters and in the fires, yet his promise is to 4be with them; so the Psalmist, I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him, and honour him. God will not fail to keep his People company in all their troubles, no storm, no danger, no distress, no fiery trial can keep God and his People asunder. God is immutable in his nature, in his counsels, in his Covenant, and in all his promises; though all Creatures are subject to change, 5yet God is unchangeable; though Angels and Men, and all inferior Creatures are dependent, yet God is independent: He is as the School-men say (omninò immutabilis) Altogether immutable, and therefore he will be sure to keep touch with his People. Precious promises are Pabulum fidei, & •nima fidei, The food of Faith, and the very soul of Faith. They are a Mine of rich treasures, a Garden full of choice flowers, able to enrich a suffering Christian with all Celestial contentments, and to sweeten the deepest distresses. God has deeply engaged himself, ⟨p. 117⟩both by Covenant and promises, that he will be with his People in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers; nd therefore he will not fail them,