"Kings are not bound to give their subjects a reason of their doings; and shall we bind God to give us a reason of his doings, who is the King of kings and Lord of Lords, and whose will is the true and only rule of justice?
"The general grounds and reasons which God has laid down in his word why he afflicts his people, as-that is for their profit, for the purging away of their sins, for the reforming of their lives and for the saving of their souls-should work them to be silent and satisfied under all their afflictions; though God should never satisfy their curiosity in giving them an...

The Great Fire of London was the worst fire in the citys history. It was a disaster of unprecedented proportions. In the close-packed streets of London, where wooden buildings jostled each other for space, the blaze soon became an inferno!
In Londons Lamentations Thomas Brooks addresses this event from a puritan view, one of Biblical lessons, punishment and grace. It is "A serious discourse concerning "The Great Fire of London" which recently turned our once renowned city of London, into a ruinous heap! Also the several lessons that are incumbent upon those whose houses have escaped the...

The main reason why so many gracious souls are so full of fears, doubts, darkness, and disputes about their internal and eternal estates, is because they have no more clear and full understanding of these two covenants, the covenant of grace and the covenant of redemption; and if such Christians would but more seriously buckle down to the study of those two covenants, as they are opened and applied in the following treatise, their fears and doubts, etc., would quickly vanish. Neither do I know anything in all this world that would contribute more to seriousness, spiritualness, heavenliness,...

If you please, read the work, and receive this counsel from me.
First, You must know that every man cannot be excellent, yet every man may be useful.
Secondly, Remember, it is not hasty reading-but serious meditating upon holy and heavenly truths, that make them prove sweet and profitable to the soul.
Thirdly, Know that it is not the knowing, nor the talking, nor the reading man-but the doing man, that at last will be found the happiest man. "If you know these things, blessed and happy are you if you DO them."
Fourthly and lastly, If in your reading you will cast a serious eye upon the...