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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.
Thirdly, The Lord will be signally present with his 1People in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers, because it makes most eminently for the advancement of his own honour and glory in the world. God never gets more honour than by helping his People when they are at a dead lift. Gods signal presence with Israel at the red Sea, makes Moses sing a 2Song of praise. A great part of the revenue of Divine glory arises from the special presence of God with his People in their deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers, as you may see by comparing the Scriptures in the 3Margin together. 'Tis the honour of a Husband to be most present with his Wife in her greatest troubles, and the honour of a Father to be most present with his Children in their deepest distresses, and the honour of Commanders to be present with their Soldiers in the heat of Battle, when many fall on their right hand and on their left. Exod. 15. 3. The Lord is a man of war, (that is an excellent warrior) the Lord is his name; according to the Septuagint, [Greek or Hebrew], He breaketh battles, and subdueth war. God like a brave Commander stands upon his honour, and therefore he will stand by his Soldiers in the greatest dangers. The word Ish here used for Man, signifies an eminent man, a mighty man, a famous warrior, or as the Chaldee Paraphrast hath it, Victor bellorum, An overcomer of Battles. Now eminent warriors, mighty warriors, famous warriors, ⟨p. 118⟩they always stick closest to their Soldiers, in their greatest dangers, as all know that have read either Scripture or History. Now the Lord is such a man of war, such a famous warrior, as that he will be sure to 4stick closest to his People in the greatest dangers. And as th•re is nothing that more raises the honour, fame, and renown of great warriors in the world, than their presence with their Soldiers when the bullets fly thickest, so there is nothing, by which God gets himself a greater name, fame, and honour in the world, than by his signal presence with his People, in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers. But