"All that the Father gives Me, will come to Me."
John 6:37
"And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that
I shall lose none of all that He has given Me,
but raise them up at the last day." John 6:39
The first fountain and cause of salvation, is the
absolute and sovereign will and pleasure of God.
Those, whose salvation the Father wills, are given
over to Christ in His eternal purpose—to be
brought to Him in due time. All whom are elected
and given to Christ, will certainly, in due time,
come to Him. Their being given to Christ from
eternity, produces their coming to Him in time.
The power which draws them is invincible
and irresistible!
"No one can come to Me unless the Father
who sent Me draws him." John 6:44
"No one can come to Me unless the Father
has enabled him." John 6:65
"My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and
they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they
shall never perish; no one can snatch them out
of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me,
is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of
My Father's hand!" John 10:27-29
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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.