Our Lord Jesus Christ, by once suffering, suffered for all
the sins of the elect—past, present, and to come. The
infinite wrath of God the Father fell on Him, for all the
sins of the chosen ones. The wrath of God was infinite
wrath, and the sufferings of Christ were infinite sufferings.
All the sins of God's people, in their absolute number,
from first to last, were laid upon Christ; who meritoriously
purchased perfect remission of all their sins.
There are two great things which Jesus Christ undertook
for His redeemed ones. The one was to make full satisfaction
to divine justice for all their sins—this He did by His suffering
and death. The other was to yield most absolute conformity
to the law of God, both in nature and life. By His suffering
and death, He has freed all His redeemed ones from hell.
By the imputation of His absolute conformity to the law of
God, He has qualified all the redeemed ones for heaven.
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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.