A29709:214
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.
O let not this be told in Gath, 1nor published in the streets of Askelon, that the highflown Professors and Christians of these times are ashamed to own, relieve, and stand by the Saints in bonds. So Matth. 25. 36. I was sick and ye visited me: I was in 2prison and ye came unto me. It is very remarkable, that the last definitive Sentence shall pass upon men, according to those acts of favour and kindness, that have been showed to the Saints in their suffering state; and that the Sentence of absolution shall contain a manifestation of all their good works: In this great day Christ sees no iniquity in his People, he objects nothing against them, and he only makes honourable mention of the good that has been done by them. O, Sirs, all the visits you give to sick Saints, and all the visits you give to imprisoned Saints, Christ takes as visits given to himself: suffering Saints and you are Brethren, and will you not visit your own Brethren? suffering Saints and Christ are Brethren, 3and will you not visit Christs Brethren? suffering Saints and you are Companions, and will you not visit your own Companions? suffering Saints and you are travelling Heaven-wards, and will you not visit your Fellow-travellers? suffering Saints and you are Fellow-citizens, and will you not visit your Fellow-citizens? 4suffering Saints and you are Fellow soldiers, 5and will you not visit your Fellow-soldiers? suffering Saints a•d you are Fellow-heirs, and will you not visit 6your Fellow-heirs? O never be ashamed of those that Christ is not ashamed of! O never fail to visit those whom Christ daily visits in their suffering state! O never turn your backs upon those to whom Christ hath given the right hand of fellowship! O be not shy of ⟨p. 152⟩