
Goodwin, Thomas
Brooks’ popularity lies both in his subjects – practical truths, central to the Christian life – and in the manner of his presentation. He is ever direct, urgent, fervent, full of Scripture and able to choose words which make his sentences as memorable as melodies.
Table of Contents:
Volume One
Memoir of Brooks by A. B. Grosart
Precious Remedies against Satan’s Devices
Apples of Gold
The Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod
A String of Pearls
Volume Two
An Ark for All God’s Noahs
The Privy Key of Heaven
Heaven on Earth
Volume Three
The Unsearchable Riches of Christ
A Cabinet of Jewels
Volume Four
The Crown and Glory of Christianity or, Holiness the Only Way to Happiness (58 sermons on Hebrews 12:14)
Volume Five
The Golden Key to Open Hidden Treasures
Paradise Opened
A Word in Season
Volume Six
London’s Lamentations
The Glorious Day of the Saints’ Appearance
God’s Delight in the Progress of the Upright Hypocrites
Detected A Believer’s Last Day His Best Day
A Heavenly Cordial
The Legacy of a Dying Mother
Author
Thomas Brooks (1608-1680) entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1625. He was licensed as a preacher of the gospel by 1640. After the Civil War, Brooks became minister at Thomas Apostle’s, London, and was sufficiently renowned to be chosen as preacher before the House of Commons in 1648. In 1662 he fell victim to the notorious Act of Uniformity, but he appears to have remained in his parish and to have preached the Word as opportunity offered. He went home to the Lord in 1680.