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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.
when the heart is more awakened, humbled and softened by the rod, when the will is more compliant with the will of God in doing or suffering, when the mind is more raised and spiritualized, when the conscience is more quick and tender, 1and when the life is more strict and circumspect: then we may safely and roundly conclude, that such persons do undoubtedly enjoy the signal and singular presence of God with them, in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers. And thus I have laid down these six propositions, which if well weighed and improved, may many ways be of singular use to sincere Christians.
when the heart is more awakened, humbled and softned by the rod, when the will is more complyant with the will of God in doing or suffering, when the mind is more raised and spiritualized, when the conscience is more quick and tender, 1and when the life is more strict and circumspect: then we may safely and roundly conclude, that such persons do undoubtedly enjoy the signal and singular presence of God with them, in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers. And thus I have laid down these six propositions, which if well weighed and improved, may many ways be of singular use to sincere Christians.
We shall now come to the application or useful improvement of this great and seasonable Truth. Explication is the drawing of the Bow, but application is the hitting of the mark, the white. Is it so, that when the People of the Lord are in great troubles, deep distresses, ⟨p. 143⟩