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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.
Seventhly and lastly, If God be signally present with his People, in their greatest troubles and deepest distresses, then let them all know for their comfort, that this presence will make up the want or loss of all outward 1comforts, this presence will make up the loss of a Husband, a Child, a Friend, an Estate, &c. Look as all light meets in the Sun, and as all water meets in the Sea, so all our outward comforts meet in the God of all 2comfort. When Alexander asked King Porus, being then his Prisoner, how he would be used? He answered in one word, [Greek or Hebrew], i. e. like a King: Alexander again replying, Do you desire nothing else? No, saith Porus, all things are in [Greek or Hebrew], in this one word, like a King; so all things, all comforts are to be found in this signal presence of God with his People, in their greatest troubles and deepest distresses; certainly the gracious presence of the Lord is infinitely better than the presence of all outward comforts, as you know one Sun is more glorious and comfortable than ten thousand Stars.
Seventhly and lastly, If God be signally present with his People, in their greatest troubles and deepest distresses, then let them all know for their comfort, that this presence will make up the want or loss of all outward 1comforts, this presence will make up the loss of a Husband, a Child, a Friend, an Estate, &c. Look as all light meets in the Sun, and as all water meets in the Sea, so all our outward comforts meet in the God of all 2comfort. When Alexander asked King Porus, being then his Prisoner, how he would be used? He answered in one word, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, i. e. like a King: Alexander again replying, Do you desire nothing else? No, saith Porus, all things are in 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, in this one word, like a King; so all things, all comforts are to be found in this signal presence of God with his People, in their greatest troubles and deepest distresses; certainly the gracious presence of the Lord is infinitely better than the presence of all outward comforts, as you know one Sun is more glorious and comfortable than ten thousand Stars.