Here’s a few of my favorite quotes from Thomas Brook’s “Apples of Gold”: “God is a satisfying good, a good that fills the heart and quiet the soul.” (187) “No good below Him that is the greatest good, can satisfy the soul. A good wife, a good child, a good name, a good estate, a […]
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Here’s a quote from my favorite Puritan author Thomas Brooks on humility: On Humility “An humble soul always finds three things on this side heaven: the soul to be empty, Christ to be full, and every mercy and duty to be sweet wherein God is enjoyed. Humility can weep over other men’s weaknesses, and joy and […]
The puritan Thomas Brooks has this word to preachers about how they ought to preach and live: Gentlemen, either preach as the minsters of Jesus Christ ought to preach–viz., plainly, spiritually, powerfully, feelingly, fervently, frequently, &c., and live as the ministers of Jesus Christ ought to live–viz., heavenly, graciously, holily, humbly, righteously, harmlessly, and exemplarily, […]
