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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.
kill me, but not hurt me, &c. because of that favourable and signal presence of Christ that is with me. Now this is that presence of the Lord, that falls under our present consideration.
But for the further opening of this important point, let us a little enquire, how the Lord does manifest his favourable, his signal, his eminent presence to his People, in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers? Now to this Question I shall give these twelve Answers.
But for the further opening of this important point, let us a little enquire, how the Lord does manifest his favorable, his signal, his eminent presence to his People, in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers? Now to this Question I shall give these twelve Answers.
First, The Lord does manifest his favourable, signal, §1and eminent presence with his People, in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses and most deadly dangers, by raising their Faith to more than an ordinary pitch at such a time, Exod. 14. 10. And when Pharaoh drew nigh the children of Israel lift up their eyes; 1and behold the Egyptians marched after them, and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord, Verse 11. And they said unto Moses, because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth of Egypt? Verse 12. Is not this the word, that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? for it bad been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. Thus you see their great troubles, deep distresses