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Heaven on Earth
Heaven on earth or a serious discourse touching a well-grounded assurance of mens everlasting happiness and blessedness. Discovering the nature of assurance, the possibility of attaining it, the causes, springs, and degrees of it, with the resolution of several weighty questions. By Thomas Brooks, preacher of the Gospel at Margarets Fishstreet-Hill.Heaven on earth or a serious discourse touching a wel-grounded assurance of mens everlasting happiness and blessedness. Discovering the nature of assurance, the possibility of attaining it, the causes, springs, and degrees of it, with the resolution of several weighty questions. By Thomas Brooks, preacher of the Gospel at Margarets Fishstreet-Hill.
London: printed by R.I. for John Hancock, 1654
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Mr. Frogmorten was as holy, and as choice a Preacher as most was in England in those days, and he lived seven and thirty years without assurance, and then dyed, having assurance but an hour before he dyed; he went to dye at Mr. Dods (who is now with the Lord) and did dye there in full ⟨p. 66⟩Assurance of the justification of his person, 1the remission of his sins, and the salvation of his soul. God denied assurance a great while to Mr. Glover, though he sought it with many prayers and tears; and yet when he was in sight of the fire, the Lord shined forth in his favour so sweetly upon him, that he cries out to his friend, He is come, he is come, meaning the Comforter. So Mrs. Katherine Bretterge after many bitter conflicts with Satan, the day before she dyed, she had sweet assurance of that Kingdom that shakes not, of those riches that corrupt not, and of that Crown of righteousness that sades not away. I have read of three Martyrs that were bound and brought to the stake, and one of them gets from under his chain to admiration, and falls down upon the ground, and wrestles earnestly with God for the sense of his love, and God gave it him then at that instant, and so he came, and embraced the stake, and died cheerfully, and resolutely, a glorious Martyr. God delayed till he was bound, and then lets out himself sweetly and gloriously to him.
Mr. Frogmorten was as holy, and as choice a Preacher as most was in England in those dayes, and hee lived seven and thirty yeers without assurance, and then dyed, having assurance but an houre before hee dyed; he went to dye at Mr. Dods (who is now with the Lord) and did dye there in full ⟨p. 66⟩Assurance of the justification of his person, 1the remission of his sinnes, and the salvation of his soule. God denied assurance a great while to Mr. Glover, though hee sought it with many prayers and tears; and yet when hee was in sight of the fire, the Lord shined forth in his favor so sweerly upon him, that he cries out to his friend, He is come, he is come, meaning the Comforter. So Mrs. Katherine Bretterge after many bitter conflicts with Satan, the day before she dyed, she had sweet assurance of that Kingdome that shakes not, of those riches that corrupt not, and of that Crowne of righteousnesse that sades not away. I have read of three Martyrs that were bound and brought to the stake, and one of them gets from under his chaine to admiration, and falls downe upon the ground, and wrastles earnestly with God for the sense of his love, and God gave it him then at that instant, and so he came, and imbraced the stake, and died cheerfully, and resolutely, a glorious Martyr. God delayed till he was bound, and then lets out himself sweetly and gloriously to him.