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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.
The Riches, Honours, Languages,1 and favours of this world cannot be obtained without much trouble and travel, without rising early, and going to bed late, &c. and do you think that assurance, which is more worth then heaven and earth, can be obtained by cold, lazy, heart-less services, if you do, you do but deceive your own souls. There are five things that God2 will never sell at a cheap rate, Christ, Truth, his Honour, Heaven, and Assurance; he that will have these must •ay a good price for them, or go for ever without them.
The Riches, Honours, Languages,1 and favours of this world cannot bee obtained without much trouble and travell, without rising early, and going to bed late, &c. and do you think that assurance, which is more worth then heaven and earth, can be obtained by cold, lazie, heart-lesse services, if you doe, you doe but deceive your own soules. There are five things that God2 wil never sell at a cheap rate, Christ, Truth, his Honour, Heaven, and Assurance; he that wil have these must •ay a good price for them, or goe for ever without them.
- 1Psal. 127. 1, 2. Luk. 5. 5. Prov. 14. 23
- 2Qui fecit te sine te, non salvabit t• sine te. Aug.