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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.
First of all, That God himself hands out this as a rare comfort of his People, in all their troubles, distresses, and dangers, viz. That he will be graciously present with them, in the midst of all their sorrows and sufferings. 1Genes. 26. 3. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee. Cap. 28. 15. And behold I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, &c. Don't talk of thy loss of Friends, for I will be with thee; nor don't talk of thy Country, for I will give thee this Land, which is the Paradise of the world; nor don't talk of thy poverty, for thou shalt spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the South. Verse 14. Nor don't talk of thy solitariness and aloneness, for I will not leave thee. Isa. 91. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not ⟨p. 209⟩dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee, yea I will help thee, yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Suppose a man was injuriously dealt with, by this man or that, would it not be a comfort to him that a just and righteous Judge stood by, and was an eye witness of all the violences that were offered to him? Suppose a man were in exile with David, or in prison with Joseph, or in a Dungeon with Jeremiah, or in the stocks with Paul and Silas, or in banishment (for the testimony of Jesus) with John, yet would it not be a singular comfort to him, to have the presence of a kind Father, a bosom Friend, a wise Counsellor, an able Physician with him? O Christian, be thou in what place thou wilt, and with what Company thou wilt, and in what condition thou wilt, yet thy loving God, thy kind Father, thy bosom Friend, &c. will be still with thee, he will never leave thee, nor forsake thee; and O! what a spring of comfort should this be to thee! But
First of all, That God himself hands out this as a rare comfort of his People, in all their troubles, distresses, and dangers, viz. That he will be graciously present with them, in the midst of all their sorrows and sufferings. 1