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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.
Tho• therefore gird up thy loins, and arise▪ and speak •nto them all tha• I command thee, be not dismayed at their faces, lest I […] thee before them. Verse 18. For behold, I have made thee this day a defenced City, and ⟨p. 42⟩an iron pillar and brazen wall against the whole Land, against the Kings of Judah, against the Princes thereof, against the Priests thereof, and against the people of the Land. Verse 19. And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee. Gods presence with his Messengers, is a guard, and a safe-guard, all-sufficient against all opposition whatsoever. Earthly Princes and Sovereigns are not wont to go with those whom they send on Embassage, but God always goes along with those whom he sends, & will by his powerful presence protect & defend them, against opposers, at all times & in all places; when all others f•il and forsake us, Christs presence is security sufficient, for If he be with us who can be against us? They must first prevail against him, before they can prevail against them, that withstand and oppose those whom he standeth by to back and protect. How comes this to pass, that 1Jeremiah a man, a man alone, should bear up so stoutly, and stand so strong against Kings, Princes, Priests & People? 'tis from the signal presence of God with him. [I am with thee.] And what can all the great ones of the World, and all the wicked ones of the World, do against one Messenger of the Lord, that is armed with his glorious power? The Ambassadors of the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, must not be terrified with the multitude of opposers, nor with the grandeur or greatness of opposers; but set the presence of the Lord against them all, and say as that noble Soldier Paedarelus (in Erasmus) did, to them that told him, of that numerous and mighty Army, which came against him, Tanto plus gloriae referemus, quoniam •o plures superabimus. The number of oppose•• makes the Christian conquests the more illustrious. The more the Pharisees of old, and their Successors of late time have opposed the Truth, the more it hath prevailed; and is observable that the Reformation in Germany was much furthered by the Papists opposition, yea, when two Kings (amongst many others) wrote against Luther viz. Henry the eight of England,