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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.
Fourthly, Let your hearts lye humble and low under 1the loss of Gods gracious presence: For, 1. 'Tis the greatest loss. 2. 'Tis a loss-embittering loss, it is a loss that will greatly embitter all your worldly losses; I have lost my health, I have lost a hopeful Child, I have lost a gracious yoke-fellow, which was the delight of mine eyes and the joy of my heart, I have lost a fair estate, I have lost an intimate Friend, I have lost a brave trade: O but that which embitters all my losses and puts a sting into them, is this, that I have lost the gracious presence of God, that once I enjoyed. 3. 'Tis a loss that all outward comforts can never make up; when the Sun is down, nothing can make it day with us. 4. 'Tis an invisible loss, and no losses to invisible losses as there are no mercies to invisible mercies, so there are no losses to invisible losses. 5. 'Tis a loss that will cost a man dear before it will be made up again. O the sighs, the groans, the strong cries, the earnest prayers, the bottles of tears, that the recovery of the Divine presence will cost a Christian, upon all which accounts, how well does it become a Christian to lye humble at the foot of God!
Fourthly, Let your hearts lye humble and low under 1the loss of Gods gracious presence: For, 1. 'Tis the greatest loss. 2. 'Tis a loss-imbittering loss, it is a loss that will greatly imbitter all your worldly losses; I have lost my health, I have lost a hopeful Child, I have lost a gracious yoke-fellow, which was the delight of mine eyes and the joy of my heart, I have lost a fair estate, I have lost an intimate Friend, I have lost a brave trade: O but that which imbitters all my losses and puts a sting into them, is this, that I have lost the gracious presence of God, that once I enjoyed. 3. 'Tis a loss that all outward comforts can never make up; when the Sun is down, nothing can make it day with us. 4. 'Tis an invisible loss, and no losses to invisible losses as there are no mercies to invisible mercies, so there are no losses to invisible losses. 5. 'Tis a loss that will cost a man dear before it will be made up again. O the sighs, the groans, the strong crycs, the earnest prayers, the bottles of tears, that the recovery of the Divine presence will cost a Christian, upon all which accounts, how well does it become a Christian to lye humble at the foot of God!