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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.
Basil affirms of the primitive Christians, that they had so much courage and magnanimity of spirit in their sufferings, that many Heathens, seeing their heroic zeal, resoluteness, and undauntedness, turned Christians.
Basil affirms of the primitive Christians, that they had so much courage and magnanimity of spirit in their sufferings, that many Heathens, seeing their heroick zeal, resoluteness, and undauntedness, turned Christians.
When one of the ancient Martyrs was terrified with the threatenings of his persecutors, he replied, There is nothing of things visible, nor nothing of things invisible that I fear, I will stand to my profession of the Name of Christ, and contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the Saints, come on't what will.
When one of the ancient Martyrs was terrifyed with the threatnings of his persecutors, he replyed, There is nothing of things visible, nor nothing of things invisible that I fear, I will stand to my profession of the Name of Christ, and contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the Saints, come on't what will.
By these instances (which may be of great use in this trying day) you may clearly see, how the Lord has manifested his favourable, signal, and eminent presence to his People, in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers, by raising up in them a spirit of courage, magnanimity, and holy gallantry. But,