A77608:72
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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CHAP. III. Containing Ten Hinderances and Impediments that keep poor Souls from Assurance, with the means and helps to remove those Impediments and Hinderances p. 155. to p. 207 Further, in this Chapter is laid down Six Motives to provoke Christians to put out all their strength and might against bosom sins, against the iniquity of their heels, against the sins that do so easily beset them p. 207. to p. 218 Also Five Means to help on the Mortification and Destruction of bosom sins p. 218. to p. 224
CHAP. III. COntaining Ten Hinderances and Impediments that keep poor Souls from Assurance, with the means and helps to remove those Impediments and Hinderances p. 155. to p. 207 Further, in this Chapter is laid down Six Motives to provoke Christians to put out all their strength and might against bosom sins, against the iniquity of their heels, against the sins that do so easily beset them p. 207. to p. 218 Also Five Means to help on the Mortification and Destruction of bosom sins p. 218. to p. 224
CHAP. IV. Containing Ten Motives or Incentives to provoke all that want Assurance, to be restless in their spirits, till they have obtained it p. 225. to p. 251 Also in this Chapter you have Ten Advantages that will redound to such Souls that get a well-grounded Assurance of their Everlasting Happiness and Blessedness p. 251. to p. 270
CHAP. IV. COntaining Ten Motives or Incentives to provoke all that want Assurance, to be restless in their spirits, till they have obtained it p. 225. to p. 251 Also in this Chapter you have Ten Advantages that will redound to such Souls that get a wel-grounded Assurance of their Everlasting Happiness and Blessedness p. 251. to p. 270
CHAP. V. Showing Nine Ways and Means of gaining a well-grounded Assurance, &c. In the handling of which; several considerable Questions are also resolved p. 272 to p. 320 Also in this Chapter Eight special things are discovered. As first, What knowledge that is that doth accompany Salvation p. 320. to p. 362 Secondly, What Faith that is that accompanies Salvation, that borders upon