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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, take heed either of neglecting Gospel-worship, or of corrupting Gospel-worship. Omissions will damn as well as commissions, and omissions will provoke God to withdraw his presence, as well as commissions. When persons are careless in their attendance on 1Gospel ordinances, no wonder if God withdraw his presence from them in their distresses. Cain went off from ordinances, 2and the Lord set a mark upon him. O the black and dismal marks of misery, that God has set upon many that have neglected Gospel-worship, and for profits sake, and for Diana's sake are fallen roundly in with the 3worship of the world! O Sirs, the great God stands upon nothing more in all the world than upon purity in his worship; There is nothing that doth so provoke & exasperate God against a People as corrupt worship; corrupt worship sadly reflects upon the Name of God, the honour of God, the truth of God, and the wisdom of God, and therefore his heart rises against such worship and worshippers, and he will certainly withdraw from them, and be a swift and terrible witness against them, as you may see by comparing the Scriptures in the margin together. 4Corrupt worship is contrary to the unity of God; Now deny his unity, and you deny his Deity, For the Lord is one, and his Name is one, Zach. 14. 9. 'Tis contrary to the sovereignty of God, He is the only Ruler, the only Potentate, 1 Tim. 6. 15. 'Tis contrary to the all-sufficiency of God. The Heathen worshipped several Gods, as thinking that several Gods did bestow several blessings; they begged health of one God, wealth of another God, and victory of a third God, thus imagining to themselves several Deities, for several supplies; their God was but a Jupiter, a partial helper, an auxiliary ⟨p. 183⟩God, but Our God is Jehovah, who is abundantly able to