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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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the Jewel is yours, but the season, in which he will give it, is in his own hand; the Gold Chain is yours, but he only knows the hour wherein he will put it about your necks. Well, wait patiently and quietly, wait expectingly, wait believingly, wait affectionately, and wait diligently, and you shall find that Scripture made good in power upon your souls. Yet a 1little little while, and he that shall come, will come, and will not tarry; he will certainly come, he will seasonably come, he will suddenly come, as the Prophet Malachi speaks, Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his Temple; even the messenger of the Covenant, whom ye delight in. Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. Well, I will say but this, If assurance of Gods love be not a ⟨p. 100⟩Jewel worth a waiting for, it is worth nothing.
the Jewel is yours, but the season, in which he will give it, is in his own hand; the Gold Chain is yours, but he onely knows the hour wherein he will put it about your necks. Well, wait patiently and quietly, wait expectingly, wait believingly, wait affectionately, and wait diligently, and you shall finde that Scripture made good in power upon your souls. Yet a 1little little while, and he that shall come, will come, and will not tarry; he will certainly come, he will seasonably come, he will suddenly come, as the Prophet Malachi speaks, Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his Temple; even the messenger of the Covenant, whom ye delight in. Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. Well, I will say but this, If assurance of Gods love be not a ⟨p. 100⟩Jewel worth a waiting for, it is worth nothing.
- 1Heb. 10. 37. [Greek or Hebrew].