"By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be
called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter and chose to suffer
with the people of God rather than to enjoy the short-lived
pleasure of sin. For he considered reproach for the sake of
the Messiah to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt,
since his attention was on the reward. By faith he left Egypt
behind, not being afraid of the king’s anger, for he persevered,
as one who sees Him who is invisible." Hebrews 11:24-27
When Moses had seen Him who was invisible, when he had
taken a full prospect of the eternal world, and when he had
beheld God as his portion—oh, how does he slight, scorn, and
trample upon all the honors, preferments, profits, pleasures,
delights, and contentments of Egypt—as things below him,
and as things that in no respects were worthy of him!
It is a Rabbinical fable, that as a child, Moses had Pharaoh's
crown given him to play with—and he made a football of it,
and cast it down to the ground, and kicked it about, as if it
were a sign of his future vilifying and despising of temporal
things. I shall not much trouble my head about what Moses
did when he was a child. But of this I am sure, having the
word of God for it, "By faith Moses, when he had grown up,
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;" that is,
he did little less than make a football of Pharaoh's crown!
Witness his refusing with a holy scorn and disdain, to be called
the son of Pharaoh's daughter, and so to succeed Pharaoh in
the throne.
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Thomas Brooks (1608 - 1680)
Much of what is known about Thomas Brooks has been ascertained from his writings. Born, likely to well-to-do parents, in 1608, Brooks entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1625, where he was preceded by such men as Thomas Hooker, John Cotton, and Thomas Shepard. He was licensed as a preacher of the Gospel by 1640. Before that date, he appears to have spent a number of years at sea, probably as a chaplain with the fleet.After the conclusion of the First English Civil War, Thomas Brooks became minister at Thomas Apostle's, London, and was sufficiently renowned to be chosen as preacher before the House of Commons on December 26, 1648. His sermon was afterwards published under the title, 'God's Delight in the Progress of the Upright', the text being Psalm 44:18: 'Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy way'. Three or four years afterwards, he transferred to St. Margaret's, Fish-street Hill, London. In 1662, he fell victim to the notorious Act of Uniformity, but he appears to have remained in his parish and to have preached as opportunity arose. Treatises continued to flow from his pen.[3]
Thomas Brooks was a nonconformist preacher. Born into a Puritan family, he was sent to Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He soon became an advocate of the Congregational way and served as a chaplain in the Civil War. In 1648 he accepted the rectory of St. Margaret's, New Fish Street, London, but only after making his Congregational principles clear to the vestry.
On several occasions he preached before Parliament. He was ejected in 1660 and remained in London as a Nonconformist preacher. Government spies reported that he preached at Tower Wharf and in Moorfields. During the Great Plague and Great Fire he worked in London, and in 1672 was granted a license to preach in Lime Street. He wrote over a dozen books, most of which are devotional in character. He was buried in Bunhill Fields.