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Zeuxis died laughing at the picture of an old woman

(Thomas Brooks, "Apples of Gold" 1660)

And as the life of man is very short, so it is very uncertain.

Now well--now sick! Alive this hour--and dead the next!

Death does not always give warning beforehand; sometimes
he gives the mortal blow suddenly; he comes behind with his
dart, and strikes a man at the heart, before he says, "Have I
found you, O my enemy?"

Eutychus fell down dead suddenly, Acts 20:9.

Death suddenly arrested David's sons and Job's sons.

Zeuxis died laughing at the picture of an old
woman which he drew with his own hand!

Sophocles choked to death on the seed in a grape!

Diodorus the logician died for shame that he
could not answer a witty question.

Joannes Measius, preaching upon the raising of
the woman of Nain's son from the dead, within
three hours after died himself!

Ah! death is sudden in his approaches.

Nothing more sure than death!

Nothing more uncertain than life!

Though there is but one way to come into this
world--yet there is a thousand thousand ways
to be sent out of this world!

"Prepare to meet your God!" Amos 4:12

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A beautiful harlot sitting in her chariot

(Thomas Brooks, "Apples of Gold" 1660)

"I thought in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with
pleasure to find out what is good." But that also proved
to be meaningless. "Laughter," I said, "is foolish. And
what does pleasure accomplish?" Ecclesiastes 2:1-2.

Solomon's question bids a challenge to all the masters
of mirth, to produce any one satisfactory fruit which it
affords, if they could.

The hearts of young men usually are much given up
to pleasure. Sensual pleasures are only seeming and
apparent pleasures--but the pains which attend them
are true and real. He who delights in sensual pleasures,
shall find his greatest pleasures become his bitterest
pains. Pleasures pass away as soon as they have
wearied out the body, and leave it as a bunch of
grapes whose juice has been pressed out.

Xerxes, being weary of all pleasures, promised rewards
to the inventors of new pleasures, which being invented,
he nevertheless remained unsatisfied.

As a bee flies from flower to flower and is not satisfied,
and as a sick man moves from one bed to another for
ease, and finds none; so men given up to sensual pleasures
go from one pleasure to another, but can find no contentment,
no satisfaction in their pleasures. "Everything is so weary
and tiresome! No matter how much we see, we are never
satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content!"
Ecclesiastes 1:8.

There is a curse of unsatisfiableness, which lies upon the
creature. Honors cannot satisfy the ambitious man, nor riches
the covetous man, nor pleasures the voluptuous man. Man
cannot take off the weariness of one pleasure, by engaging in
another pleasure.

Pleasures seem solid in their pursuit; but are mere
clouds in the enjoyment.

Pleasure is a beautiful harlot sitting in her chariot--
The four wheels are pride, gluttony, lust and foolishness.
The two horses are prosperity and abundance.
The two drivers are idleness and security.
Her attendants and followers are guilt, grief, shame,
    and often death and damnation!

Many great men, and many strong men, and many
rich men, and many hopeful men, and many young
men--have come to their damnation by her; but never
any enjoyed full satisfaction and contentment in her.

Ah! Avoid this harlot--'pleasure', and come not near
the door of her house!

Augustine, before his conversion, could not live without
those pleasures which he much delighted in. But after
his nature was changed, and his heart graciously turned
to the Lord, he said, "Oh! how sweet it is--to be without
those sweet delights!"

And as for lawful pleasures, let me only say this--it is
your wisdom only to touch them, to taste them, and to
use them as you use medicines--to occasionally fortify
yourselves against maladies.

There are no pleasures so delighting, so satisfying, so
ravishing, so engaging, and so abiding--as those which
spring from union and communion with God--as those
which flow from a from a humble and holy walking
with God.

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He would be double-damned

(Thomas Brooks, "Apples of Gold" 1660)

"Then I beg you--send Lazarus to my father's house,
 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that
 they will not also come to this place of torment."
     Luke 16:27-28

Dives knew that if his brethren were damned--that
he would be double-damned, because he had
largely contributed to the bringing of them to hell
by his wicked example. Therefore he desires that
they might be kept out of hell--not out of any love
or goodwill to them--but because their coming
there would have made his hell more hot, his
torments more insufferable.

The lowest, the darkest, the hottest place in hell,
will be for those who have drawn others there by
their example. "It would be better for him to be
thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around
his neck--than for him to cause one of these little
ones to sin." Luke 17:2

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Rich in spiritual experiences

(Thomas Brooks, "Apples of Gold" 1660)

The mature Christian is rich in spiritual experiences.

Oh! the experiences that he has . . .
  of the ways of God,
  of the workings of God,
  of the word of God,
  of the love of God!

Oh! the divine stories that old Christians can tell . . .
  of the power of the word,
  of the sweetness of the word,
  of the usefulness of the word--
as a light to lead the soul,
as a staff to support the soul,
as a spur to quicken the soul,
as an anchor to stay the soul, and
as a cordial to comfort and strengthen the soul!

Oh! the stories that he can tell concerning . . .
  the love of Christ,
  the blood of Christ,
  the offices of Christ,
  the merits of Christ,
  the righteousness of Christ,
  the graces of Christ, and
  the influence of Christ!

Oh! the stories that an old disciple can tell . . .
  of the indwellings of the Spirit,
  of the operations of the Spirit,
  of the teachings of the Spirit,
  of the leadings of the Spirit,
  of the sealings of the Spirit,
  of the witnessings of the Spirit, and
  of the comforts and joys of the Spirit!

Oh the stories that an old Christian can tell . . .
  of the evil of sin,
  of the the bitterness of sin,
  of the the deceitfulness of sin,
  of the prevalence of sin, and
  of the the happiness of conquest over sin!

Oh! the stories that he can tell you . . .
  of the snares of Satan,
  of the devices of Satan,
  of the temptations of Satan,
  of the rage of Satan,
  of the malice of Satan,
  of the watchfulness of Satan, and
  of the ways of triumphing over Satan!

As an old soldier can tell you of many battles,
many scars, many wounds, many losses, and
many victories, even to admiration; so an old
saint is able to tell you many divine stories,
even to admiration.

Experimental religion is far beyond mere notions
and impressions. A sanctified heart is better than
a silver tongue. No man so rich, so honorable, so
happy--as the old disciple, who is rich in spiritual
experiences.

"The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they
 will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the
 house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts
 of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age,
 they will stay fresh and green." Psalm 92:12-14.

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The best way to be preserved from falling into hell

(Thomas Brooks, "Apples of Gold" 1660)

"Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into
 the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and
 his angels!" Matthew 25:41

The sinner's delight here is momentary;
that which torments hereafter is perpetual.

The best way to be preserved from falling
into hell, is to think often of hell. Ah!
that you would often consider . . .
  the bitterness of the damned's torments,
  the pitilessness of their torments,
  the diversity of their torments,
  the easelessness of their torments,
  the remedilessness of their torments,
  the eternity of their torments.

Ah! may these thoughts of hell be a means to
preserve you from lying in those everlasting flames!

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The happy exchange

(Thomas Brooks, "A String of Pearls" A sermon
 preached in London in 1657, at the funeral
 of that triumphant saint, Mrs. Mary Blake)

I heartily wish that all who are concerned in
this sad loss, were more taken up in minding
the happy exchange which Mary has made,
than with your present loss.

She has exchanged:
  earth--for heaven,
  a wilderness--for a paradise,
  a prison--for a palace,
  a house made with hands--for one eternal in the heavens,
  imperfection--for perfection,
  sighing--for singing,
  mourning--for rejoicing,
  petitions--for praises,
  the society of sinful mortals--for the company of God,
  pain--for ease,
  sickness--for health,
  a bed of weakness--for a bed of spices,
  her brass--for silver,
  her pennies--for gold,
  her earthly contentments--for heavenly enjoyments,
  an imperfect, transient enjoyment of God--for a more
  clear, full, perfect, and permanent enjoyment of God.

And as I desire that one of your eyes may be fixed upon
her happiness--so I desire that your other eye may be
fixed upon Christ's fullness. Though your brook be dried
up, yet Christ the fountain of light, life, love, grace, glory,
comfort, joy, goodness, sweetness and satisfaction--is still
at hand--and always full and flowing--yes, overflowing!

As the worth and value of many pieces of silver is contracted
in one piece of gold--so all the sweetness, all the goodness,
all the excellencies which are in husbands, wives, children,
friends, etc., are concentrated in Christ! Yes, all the whole
volume of perfections which is spread through heaven and
earth--is epitomized in Christ!

Oh, that your hearts and thoughts were thus busied about
Christ, and taken up with Christ, and with those treasures
of wisdom, knowledge, grace, goodness, sweetness, etc.,
which are in Him! This would very much allay your grief and
sorrow, and keep your hearts quiet and silent before the Lord.

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The more vile Christ made Himself for us

(Thomas Brooks, "Apples of Gold" 1660)

"Let the thoughts of a crucified Christ," says one, "be
never out of your mind, let them be food and drink
unto you, let them be your sweetness and consolation,
your honey and your desire, your reading and your
meditation."

Ah! remember this:
  His wounds were deep,
  His burden weighty,
  His cup bitter,
  His suffering painful,
  His agony and torment above conception, beyond expression.

That blessed head of His--was crowned with thorns.

Those eyes of His, which were purer than the sun
--were put out by the darkness of death.

Those ears of His which now hear nothing but hallelujahs
--were filled with the blasphemies of the multitude.

That blessed beautiful face of His, which was fairer than
the sons of men--was spit on by beastly filthy wretches.

That gracious mouth and tongue, which spoke as never
any man spoke--was slandered and accused of blasphemy.

Those hands of His, which healed the sick, which gave
out pardons, which swayed a scepter in heaven--were
nailed to the cross.

Those feet, which brought the glad tidings of peace and
salvation into the world--were also nailed to the cross.

All these great and sad things, did Jesus Christ suffer for
His people! Oh! The more vile Christ made Himself
for us--the more dear He ought to be unto us.

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The secret of being content

(Thomas Brooks, "A String of Pearls" 1657)

A man needs very little of this world's goods to
carry him through his pilgrimage, until he comes
to his home--until he comes to heaven.

A little will satisfy the demands of nature;
though nothing will satisfy a man's lusts!

"I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances
 I am. I know both how to have a little, and I know how
 to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned
 the secret of being content--whether well-fed or hungry,
 whether in abundance or in need." Philippians 4:11-12

A Christian, in the midst of all his worldly delights, comforts,
and entertainments, says, "Oh these are not the delights, the
comforts, the contentments which my soul looks for, which
my soul expects and hopes to enjoy. I look and hope  . . .
  for choicer delights,
  for sweeter comforts,
  for more satisfying contentments,
  for more durable riches!

A Christian's motto always is, or always should be, "I hope
for better things! I hope for better things than any the world
can give to me, or than any that Satan can take from me!"

"They admitted that they were aliens and strangers on
 earth. Instead, they were longing for a better country
 --a heavenly one." Hebrews 11:13, 16

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The saints' hell--and the sinners' heaven

(Thomas Brooks, "A String of Pearls" 1657)

"And they will go away into eternal punishment,
 but the righteous will go into eternal life."
    Matthew 25:46

This present life is the saints' hell--and
the sinners' heaven.

The next life will be the saints' heaven
--and the sinners' hell.

Here on earth wicked men have their heaven,
hereafter they shall have their hell. The time
of this life is the day of their joy and triumph;
and when this short day is ended--then eternal
lamentations, mournings, and woes follow!

Ah sinners! sinners! that day is hastening
upon you, wherein you shall have  . . .
  punishment without pity,
  misery without mercy,
  sorrow without support,
  pain without pleasure, and
  torments without end!

Ah, sinners! sinners! Ah! your portion is below,
and you are already adjudged to those torments
which are endless, easeless, and remediless; where
the worm never dies, and the fire never goes out!
The day is coming upon you, sinners, when . . .
  all your sweet shall be turned into bitter;
  all your glory into shame;
  all your plenty into scarcity;
  all your joys into sorrows;
  all your recreations into vexations; and
  all your momentary comforts into everlasting torments!

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Paying for admittance into heaven

(Horatius Bonar, "Bible Thoughts and Themes")

"He saved us--not by works of righteousness that
 we had done, but according to His mercy." Titus 3:5

Ritualism, or externalism, or traditionalism
are all different forms of self-righteousness; man's
self-invented ways of pleasing or appeasing God,
or paying for admittance into heaven. These
forms of self-righteousness are a human apparatus
for procuring God's pardon. They are the means by
which the performer of them hopes to win God's
favor--perhaps, also, man's praise--most certainly,
his own esteem.

Every act, or performance, or ceremony, which honors self,
exalts self, or gives prominence to self--is an accursed thing.
It is an abomination in the sight of God--however religious,
or sacred, or solemn, or devout, it may seem to man.

It is to self-righteousness in some form or other, that man
is always tending. Man attempts to make up for this badness,
or to cover it over, by works, and devotions, and ceremonies.
All this is pure self-righteousness.

The religion of self-righteousness in our day consists
of works, feelings, fancies, music, rites, festivals, fasts,
gestures, postures, garments. It is something which
gratifies self; which pleases the natural man; which
makes a man think well of himself; which gives a
man something to do or to feel in order to earn
pardon and merit heaven. Pride, religious pride, is
at the root. Ritualism is man's expression of rejection
of Christ. It was self-righteous religion which crucified
the Son of God. All human rites and ceremonies are
man's ways of getting rid of Christ. What can all
these things do? Can they save?
Can religious postures save?
Can religious garments save?
Can religious candles save?
Can religious music save?
Can religious architecture save?
Can religious cathedrals save?
No! They lead away from Jesus! They make void
the cross, and trample on His blood!

"He saved us--not by works of righteousness that
 we had done, but according to His mercy." Titus 3:5

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This is not your resting-place

(Thomas Brooks, "A String of Pearls" 1657)

This life is full of trials, full of troubles, and full of changes.
Sin within, and Satan and the world without, will keep a
Christian from rest, until he comes to rest in the bosom of
Christ. The life of a Christian is a race--and what rest have
those who are still a-running their race? The life of a Christian
is a warfare--and what rest have those who are still engaged
in a constant warfare? The life of a Christian is the life of a
pilgrim--and what rest has a pilgrim, who is still a-traveling
from place to place? The fears, the snares, the cares, the
changes, etc., which attend believers in this world, are such
that will keep them from taking up their rest here. A Christian
hears that word always sounding in his ears, "Arise, for this is
not your resting-place, because it is polluted." Micah 2:10.
A man may as well expect to find heaven in hell--as expect to
find rest in this world! Rest is a jewel very desirable on earth;
but we shall not wear it in our bosoms until we come to heaven.

Man's sorrows begin when his days begin, and his
sorrows are multiplied as his days are multiplied;
his whole life is but one continued grief:
  labor wears him,
  care tears him,
  fears toss him,
  losses vex him,
  dangers trouble him,
  crosses disquiet him,
  nothing pleases him.

The rest reserved in heaven for
believers is a universal rest--
  a rest from all sin;
  a rest from all sorrow;
  a rest from all afflictions;
  a rest from all temptations;
  a rest from all oppression;
  a rest from all vexations;
  a rest from all labor and pains;
  a rest from all trouble and travail;
  a rest from all aches, weaknesses, and diseases.

"Blessed are those who die in the Lord from now on.
 Yes, says the Spirit, they are blessed indeed, for they
 will rest from all their toils and trials!" Rev. 14:13

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O, my son, my son!

(Thomas Doolittle, "How we should eye eternity, that
it may have its due influence upon us in all we do")

You parents, why do you not bewail the doleful state
of your unsaved children, who in their sinful courses,
are hastening to eternal pains?

"What, my son! the son of my womb! did I bear you
with so much sorrow--and shall you be eternally damned?
Did I travail with you with so much pain, and brought and
nursed you up with so much labor--and must you be
forever fuel for the flames of hell? Have I brought
forth my child to be a prey to devils, and a companion
with them to all eternity? O, my son, my son! what
shall I do for you, my son, my son!"

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What do you now think of the delights of sin?

(Thomas Doolittle, "How we should eye eternity, that
it may have its due influence upon us in all we do.")

Death is our passing out of time into eternity.

Death is dreadful to the ungodly, because it opens the
door into everlasting misery. Did you who are yet Christless,
impenitent, and unbelieving, see where you are going, and
where you must within a little time take up your everlasting
lodgings--what fear and trembling would seize upon you!
Before your bodies are carried by men unto your graves,
your souls will be dragged by devils into hell! If you sleep
on in sin until you die, you will be awakened by the
flames of hell!

Sin would plunge you into unseen, eternal torments,
into endless flames and everlasting burnings. If you
could speak with a soul departed into hell but a month
ago, and ask him, "What do you now think of the
delights of sin, of your pleasant cups and delightful
games, of your pleasing of the flesh, and gratifying of
its lusts?"

What a sad reply would he return, and what a doleful
answer would he make! "Sin! O sin was my ruin! It
was sin which has brought me (miserable wretch!) to
everlasting torment! It was sin which shut me out of
heaven--and sank me down to hell! The devil showed
me the delights of sin--but concealed from me the
extremity and eternity of the pain which sin has
brought me to! The pleasure is past--but the
pain continues, and I am lost forever! All this
sin has brought me to!"

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No mind has imagined

(Thomas Brooks, "A String of Pearls" 1657)

Surely there is no believer but who finds that sometimes
sin interrupts his joy, and sometimes Satan disturbs his
joy, and sometimes afflictions eclipse his joy. Sometimes
the cares of the world, and sometimes the snares of the
world, and sometimes the fears of the world--mar his joy.

Here on earth, our joy is mixed with sorrow; our
rejoicing with trembling. The most godly have . . .
  sorrow mixed with their joy,
  water mixed with their wine,
  vinegar mixed with their oil,
  pain mixed with their ease,
  winter mixed with their summer, etc.

But in heaven, they shall have . . .
  joy without sorrow,
  light without darkness,
  sweetness without bitterness,
  summer without winter,
  health without sickness,
  honor without disgrace,
  glory without shame, and
  life without death.

"In His presence is fullness of joy, and at His right
 hand are pleasures forevermore." Psalm 16:11

Mark--
  for quality--there are pleasures;
  for quantity--fullness;
  for dignity--at God's right hand;
  for duration--forevermore.
And millions of years multiplied by millions, do
not make up one minute of this eternity of joy
which the saints shall have in heaven! In heaven
there shall be no sin to take away your joy, nor
any devil to take away your joy, nor any man
to take away your joy!

As they shall have in heaven pure joy, so they shall
have in heaven fullness of joy. Here on earth all joy
is at an ebb--but in heaven is the flood of joy! Here
shall be joy above joy, joy surmounting all joy. Here
shall be such great joys--as no geometrician can
measure; so many joys--as no arithmetician can
number; and such wonderful joys--as no rhetorician
can utter, had he the tongue of men and angels!

Sometimes great crosses, sometimes hard losses, and
sometimes unexpected changes--turn a Christian's
harping into mourning.

Here shall be joy within you, and joy without you,
and joy above you, and joy beneath you, and joy
about you. Joy shall spread itself over all the members
of your bodies, and over all the faculties of your souls.

In heaven,
  your knowledge shall be full,
  your love full,
  your visions of God full,
  your communion with God full,
  your enjoyment of God full,
  and your conformity to God full;
and from thence will arise fullness of joy.

If all the earth were paper, and all the plants of the
earth were pens, and all the sea were ink, and if every
man, woman, and child, had the pen of a ready writer;
yet they would not able to express the thousandth part
of those joys which saints shall have in heaven!

All the joy which we have here in this world is but
pensiveness--compared to that joy which we shall
have in heaven. All the pleasure which we have
here in this world is but heaviness--compared to that
joy which we shall have in heaven. All sweetness
which we have here in this world is but bitterness--
compared to that joy which we shall have in heaven.

"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind
 has imagined what God has prepared for those
 who love Him." 1 Corinthians 2:9

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We have but added fuel to those burning coals!

(Thomas Brooks, "A String of Pearls" 1657)

"And they will go away into eternal punishment, but
 the righteous will go into eternal life." Matthew 25:46

Oh! what trouble of mind,
what horror of conscience,
what distraction and vexation,
what terror and torment,
what weeping and wailing,
what crying and roaring,
what wringing of hands,
what tearing of hair,
what dashing of knees,
what gnashing of teeth
will there be among the wicked--when they shall
see the saints in all their splendor, dignity, and
glory--and themselves forever shut out of heaven!

Then shall the wicked lamentingly say, "Lo! these
are the men whom we counted fools, madmen, and
miserable! Oh but now we see that we were deceived
and deluded! Oh that we had never despised them!
Oh that we had never reproached them!
Oh that we had never trampled upon them!
Oh that we had been one with them!
Oh that we had imitated them!
Oh that we had walked as they, and done as they
--that so we might now have been as happy as they!
Oh but this cannot be!
Oh this may not be!
Oh this shall never be!
Oh that we had never been born!
Oh that now we might be unborn!
Oh that we might be turned into a bird, a beast, a toad, a stone!
Oh that we were anything but what we are!
Oh that we were nothing!
Oh that now our immortal souls were mortal!
Oh that we might die--so that we may not eternally exist!
But it is now too late!
Oh we see that there is a reward for the righteous!
And we see, that by all the contempt which we have
cast upon these glorious shining saints, whose splendor
and glory does now darken the very glory of the sun,
that we have but treasured up wrath against the day
of wrath! We have but added fuel to those burning
coals, to those everlasting flames--in which we must
now lie forever! "And they cried to the mountains and
the rocks--Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One
who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb!"

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