The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks, vol. 3
Overview
Volume 3 of The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks includes the investigations that Brooks has done on the seven doctrines of the riches of Christ. He shows how it is the duty of preachers and ministers to preach Jesus Christ to the people and that the office of a faithful minister is an honorable one. Brooks also raises the question “How must Christians honor their faithful ministers?” His response is that honor is shown in five ways which are covered in depth in this volume.
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- Discusses the seven doctrines of the riches of Christ
- Contains an Epistle Dedicatory
- Includes an analysis of texts and topics
Top Highlights
“Here is a wonder! God is on high; and yet the higher a man lifts up himself, the farther he is from God; and the lower a man humbles himself, the nearer he is to God. Of all souls, God delights most to dwell with the humble, for they do most prize and best improve his precious presence.” (Page 31)
“A second property of an humble soul is this, He overlooks his own righteousness, and lives upon the righteousness of another, to wit, the Lord Jesus.” (Pages 11–12)
“The lowest and the meanest good work is not below an humble soul.” (Page 12)
“The fourteenth property of an humble soul is this: it can rejoice in the graces and gracious actings of others, as well as in its own.” (Page 22)
“It is not falling into the water, but lying in the water, that drowns. It is not falling into sin, but lying in sin, that damns.” (Page 94)
- Title: The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks, vol. 3
- Author: Thomas Brooks
- Publisher: Edinburgh
- Publication Date: 1866
- Pages: 518
Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) was an English non-conformist Puritan preacher and author. In 1625, he started his college studies at Emmanuel College and by 1640 he was licensed as a preacher. At Emmanuel College he was preceded by religious and colonial leader Thomas Hooker, John Cotton who was a principal among the New England Puritan ministers, and Thomas Shepard, an American Puritan minister and a significant figure in early colonial New England. The topics he covers and the way in which they are presented make his books ones to remember and are given in a thorough and passionate way. An associate of Brooks said: “He had a body of divinity in his head and the power of it in his heart.” From 1648 to 1651, Brooks ministered at the church of St. Thomas the Apostle in London and frequently preached in Parliament. Thomas Brooks was buried in Bunhill Fields, which is London’s famous nonconformist cemetery.