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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Thirdly, That Obedience that accompanies Salvation, springs from inward Spiritual causes, and from holy and heavenly Motives, it flows from Faith. Hence it is called, The obedience of Faith, Rom. 16. 26. So in 1 Tim. 1. 5. Now the end of the Commandment, is Love out of a pure Heart, and of a good Conscience, and of Faith unfeigned. Faith draws down that Divine Virtue and Power into the soul, that makes it lively and active, abundant and constant in the work and way of the Lord. And1 as Faith, so Love puts the Soul forward in ways of Obedience. John 14. 21, 23. If any man love me, he will keep my Commandments. So Psal. 119. 48. My hands also will I lift up to thy Commandments, which I have loved. Divine Love is said to be the keeping of the Commandments, because it puts the Soul upon keeping them. Divine Love ⟨p. 432⟩makes every weight light, every yoke easy, every command joyous; it knows no difficulties, it facilitates obedience, it divinely constrains the soul to obey, to walk, to run the ways of Gods commands. And as sound Obedience springs from Faith and Love, so it flows from a filial Fear of God, Psal. 118. 119. Mine heart stands in awe of thy Word. So Heb. 11. 7. Noah being warned of God, touching things not seen, as yet, moved with fear, prepared an Ark.
Thirdly, That Obedience that accompanies Salvation, springs from inward Spiritual causes, and from holy and heavenly Motives, it flowes from Faith. Hence it is called, The obedience of Faith, Rom. 16. 26. So in 1 Tim. 1. 5. Now the end of the Commandment, is Love out of a pure Heart, and of a good Conscience, and of Faith unfeigned. Faith draws down that Divine Vertue and Power into the soul, that makes it lively and active, abundant and constant in the work and way of the Lord. And