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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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Sirs, Is it madness to feast the Slave, and starve the Wife, and is it not greater madness to feast the Body, and starve the Soul? To make liberal provision for the Body, and none for the Soul? ⟨image 15⟩Do not they deserve double damnation, that prefer their Bodies above their Souls? Me thinks our Souls should be1 like to a Ship, which is made little, and narrow downwards, but more wide and broad upwards. Before all, and above all, look to your Souls, watch your Souls, make provision for your Souls: When this is done, all is done, till this is done, there is nothing done that will yield a man comfort in life, joy in death, and boldness before a Judgement Seat. Callenuceus tells of a Nobleman of Naples, that was wont profanely to say, He had two souls in 2his body, one for God, and another for whosoever would buy it. Verily, they will make but a bad bargain of it, that to gain the World, shall sell their Souls.
Sirs, Is it madness to feast the Slave, and starve the Wife, and is it not greater madness to feast the Body, and starve the Soul? To make liberal provision for the Body, and none for the Soul? ⟨image 15⟩Do not they deserve double damnation, that prefer their Bodies above their Souls? Me thinks our Souls should be1 like to a Ship, which is made little, and narrow downwards, but more wide and broad upwards. Before all, and above all, look to your Souls, watch your Souls, make provision for your Souls: When this is done, all is done, till this is done, there is nothing done that will yeeld a man comfort in life, joy in death, and boldness before a Judgement Seat. Callenuceus tells of a Nobleman of Naples, that was wont prophanely to say, He had two souls in 2his body, one for God, and another for whosoever would buy it. Verily, they will make but a bad bargain of it, that to gain the World, shall sell their Souls.