Heaven on Earth, Annotated, Large Print: From The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks, vol. 2

Heaven on Earth, Annotated, Large Print: From The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks, vol. 2

“All saints shall enjoy a heaven when they leave this earth; some saints enjoy a heaven while they are here on earth. That saints might enjoy two heavens is the project of this book.” “Heaven on Earth,” was originally published in 1654, and passed into a second edition, corrected and enlarged, in 1667. It is from the latter, collated with the former, our text is taken. The title-page will be found inside. Another bears the date of 1864; and ever since this has been one of the most prized of Brooks’s books. This 2020 reprint is done in LARGE PRINT, 16’ Tahoma for easy reading. In addition, it has helpful annotations explaining archaic words and the ancients to which Brooks often refers. Latin phrases have been translated.Thomas Brooks was born in 1606 and lived until 1680, his life spanning a major part of the seventeenth century. The pious Brooks, who had been born into a yeoman rural family, more than likely went to sea at an early age as a chaplain. Returning from sea, the year 1848 found him preaching at St. Thomas the Apostle church. Ejected from his pulpit in 1662, Brooks took to his pen, turning out jewels such as, "Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices," "Heaven on Earth," "The Unsearchable Riches of Christ;" this volume, and many other treatises, essays, and sermons flowed from Brook’s pen. He preached whenever he had opportunity, and left us a vast body of work by which our souls prosper.