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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.
Oh my Friends, it becomes not those that have the presence of God with them, in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers, to sink so low in their faith and confidence, as to cry out with the Prophets Servant, Alas Master, what shall we do? Or with the 1Disciples when in a storm, We perish; Or with the whole house of Israel, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost, and we are cut off for our parts; Or with weeping Jeremiah, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord; Or with Zion, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Oh 'tis for a lamentation when Gods dearest Children shall bewray their infidelity by a fainting, sinking, discouraged spirit in an evil day. But,
Oh my Friends, it becomes not those that have the presence of God with them, in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers, to sink so low in their faith and confidence, as to cry out with the Prophets Servant, Alass Master, what shall we do? Or with the 1Disciples when in a storm, We perish; Or with the whole house of Israel, Our bones are dryed, and our hope is lost, and we are cut off for our parts; Or with weeping Jeremiah, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord; Or with Sion, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Oh 'tis for a lamentation when Gods dearest Children shall bewray their infidelity by a fainting, sinking, discouraged spirit in an evil day. But,
- 12 Kings 6 15. Mat. 8. 25. Ez. 37. 11. Lament. 3. 18. Isa. 49. 14.