NICHOL'S SERIES OF STANDARD DIVINES. PURITAN PERIOD. With General Preface BY JOHN C. MILLER, D.D., LINCOLN COLLEGE; HONORARY CANON OF WORCESTER; RECTOR OF ST MARTIN'S, BIRMINGHAM. THE WORKS OF THOMAS BROOKS. VOL. IV. COUNCIL OF PUBLICATION. W. LINDSAY ALEXANDER, D.D., Professor of Theology, Congregational Union, Edinburgh. JAMES BEGG, D.D., Minister of Newington Free Church, Edinburgh. THOMAS J. CRAWFORD, D.D., S.T.P., Professor of Divinity, University, Edinburgh. D. T. K. DRUMMOND, M.A., Minister of St Thomas's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh. WILLIAM H. GOOLD, D.D., Professor of Biblical Literature and Church History, Reformed Presbyterian Church, Edinburgh. ANDREW THOMSON, D.D., Minister of Broughton Place United Presbyterian Church, Edinburgh. General Editor. REV. THOMAS SMITH, M.A., EDINBURGH. THE COMPLETE WORKS OF THOMAS BROOKS. Edited, with Memoir, BY THE REV. ALEXANDER BALLOCH GROSART, LIVERPOOL. VOL. IV. CONTAINING: THE CROWN AND GLORY OF CHRISTIANITY. EDINBURGH: JAMES NICHOL LONDON: JAMES NISBET AND CO. DUBLIN: G. HERBERT. M.DCCC.LXVII. 8873.1 18669 CONTENTS.* -35-37 Doct. That real holiness is the only way to happiness. All men must be holy on earth, or they shall never see the beatifical vision, they shall never reach to a glorious fruition of God in heaven, (3.) Objections, 241-323, as follows: Objection 1. We have no power to make ourselves holy; we are as well able to make a world, to command the winds, and to raise the dead, as we are able to cleanse our own hearts, or change our own natures, or sanctify our own souls; and therefore, to what purpose should we be so Objection 2. But hereafter may be time enough to look after holiness; I may yet pursue after the pleasures and profits of the world, I may yet spend some years in gratifying mine own lusts, and in walking after the course of the world; I have time enough before me, and therefore some years hence may be time enough to look after holiness, Objection 3. But if we should thus press and pursue after holiness, then we must take our farewell of all joy and comfort, of all delight and pleasure, and never expect to enjoy one merry day more, for we observe that there are no persons under heaven that live such a melan- Brooks having departed in his 'Crown of Glory of Christ' from his rule of prefixing |