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Cases considered and resolved. Wherein all the tender godly conscientious ministers in England (whether…
Cases considered and resolved. Wherein all the tender godly conscientious ministers in England (whether for a Congregational, or a Presbyterial way) are concerned. Or pills to purge malignants. And all profane, ignorant, and scandalous persons. (But more particularly calculated for the meridian of Margarets Fishstreet-hill) from those gross conceits that they have of their children's right to baptism; and of their own right to the Supper of the Lord, &c. Also good counsel to bad men. Or friendly advise (in several particulars) to unfriendly neighbours. By Thomas Brooks, a willing servant unto God, and the faith of his people, in the glorious Gospel of Christ, at Margarets Fishstreet-hill.Cases considered and resolved. Wherein all the tender godly conscientious ministers in England (whether for a Congregationall, or a Presbyteriall way) are concerned. Or pills to purge malignants. And all prophane, ignorant, and scandalous persons. (But more particularly calculated for the meridian of Margarets Fishstreet-hill) from those grosse conceits that they have of their childrens right to baptisme; and of their owne right to the Supper of the Lord, &c. Also good councell to bad men. Or friendly advise (in severall particulars) to unfriendly neighbours. By Thomas Brooks, a willing servant unto God, and the faith of his people, in the glorious Gospel of Christ, at Margarets Fishstreet-hill.
London: printed by M. Simmons for John Hancock, 1653
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4.3. Deut. 28.15-ult. Levit. 26.14-ult. Ah, did you but wisely consider the excellency of Gospel-comforts, above all other comforts in the world, you would not wonder at Ministers giving them forth so sparingly, to profane, ignorant, malignant, and scandalous persons: For first, Gospel-comforts are unutterable comforts, 1 Pet. 1.8. Phil. 4.4. Secondly, they are real, Joh. 14.27. all others are but seeming comforts, but painted comforts. Thirdly, they are holy comforts, Isa. 64.5. Psal. 138.5. they flow from a holy Spirit, and nothing can come from the Holy Spirit, but that which is holy. Fourthly, they are the greatest and strongest comforts, Ephes. 6.17. few heads and hearts are able to bear them, as few heads are able to bear strong wines: Fifthly, they reach to the inward man, to the soul, 2 Thess. 2.17. the noble part of man: My soul rejoiceth in God my Saviour. Our other comforts only reach the face, they sink not so deep as the heart. Sixthly, they are the most soul-filling, and soul-satisfying comforts, Psal. 16. ult. Can. 2.3. other comforts cannot reach the soul, and therefore they can't fill, nor satisfy the soul. Seventhly, they comfort in saddest distresses, in the darkest night, and in the most stormy day, Psal. 94.19. Hab. 3.17, 18. verses. Eighthly, they are everlasting,