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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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Seventhly and lastly, To fence and fortify the Souls of real, serious Christians, against those Brain-sick Notions, and those Airy Speculations, and imaginary Revelations and Enthusiastical fancies, &c. with which many are sadly deluded and deceived, even to their eternal overthrow, I had almost said.
Seventhly and lastly, To fence and fortifie the Souls of real, serious Christians, against those Brain-sick Notions, and those Airy Speculations, and imaginary Revelations and Enthusiastical fancies, &c. with which many are sadly deluded and deceived, even to their eternal overthrow, I had almost said.
Thus have I given you a brief account1 of the Reasons that have prevailed with me to publish this Treatise to the World, and to dedicate it to your selves. Let your hearts dwell on Truth, as the Bee doth upon ⟨image 20⟩the Flower; every Truth being a Flower of Paradise, that is more worth then a World.
- 1I had not thought to have prest into the Press, had I not been soundly prest thereunto.
Now the God of all Grace fill your Hearts and Souls with all the Fruits of Righteousness and Holiness, that you may attain unto a full Assurance of your Everlasting Happiness and Blessedness; which that you may, is the sincere, earnest, and constant desire of him, who is