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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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Secondly, The Members are subject1 to the head universally, they do all the head enjoineth, so the real Members of Christ do in sincerity endeavour universally to subject to all that Christ their head requires, without any exception or reservation, Luke 1. 5, 6. Zechariah and Elizabeth walked in all the Commandments and Ordinances of the Lord blameless. They walked without halting or halving of it with God; they fell in with every part and point of Gods revealed Will, without prejudice or partiality, without tilting the balance on one side or another, Acts 13. 22. I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, which shall fulfil all my will: Or rather all my wills as the Greek hath2 it, to note the universality and sincerity of his obedience.
Secondly, The Members are subject1 to the head universally, they do all the head enjoyneth, so the real Members of Christ do in sincerity endeavor universally to subject to all that Christ their head requires, without any exception or reservation, Luke 1. 5, 6. Zacharias and Elizabeth walked in all the Commandments and Ordinances of the Lord blameless. They walked without halting or halving of it with God; they fell in with every part and point of Gods revealed Will, without prejudice or partiality, without tilting the ballance on one side or another, Acts 13. 22. I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, which shall fulfil all my will: Or rather all my wills as the Greek hath2 it, to note the universality and sincerity of his obedience.
- 1Their obedience is universal. First, In respect of the act of eschewing all evil, doing all good. Secondly, In respect of the rule, the whole Word of God. Thirdly, In respect of their general and particular callings.