A String of Pearls

by Thomas Brooks

"Humility makes a man richer than other men, and it makes a man judge himself the poorest among men.” ― Thomas Brooks
— A Puritan Classic! — Includes Paintings of Christ Our Savior, and Images of Thomas Brooks

92 pages, Paperback

First published June 9, 2010

About the author

Little is known about Thomas Brooks as a man, other than can be ascertained from his many writings. Born, probably of well-to-do parents, in 1608, Brooks entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1625. He was licensed as a preacher of the gospel by 1640 at the latest. Before that date he seems to have spent a number of years at sea, probably as a chaplain with the fleet. 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 on 26 December, 1648. Three or four years later he moved to St Margaret s, Fish-street Hill, London, but encountered considerable opposition as he refused baptism and the Lord s Supper to those clearly unworthy of such privileges. The following years were filled with written as well as spoken ministry. 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. Treatises continued to flow from his agile pen. In 1677 or 1678 he married for the second time, 'she spring-young, he winter-old'. Two years later he went home to his Lord.

Reviews

[Valerie Romero · Rating 5 out of 5]

Totally cried as I read the beginning... Oh Lord, make me a "mrs. Blake". How can we as believers cling to this world when we have You to enjoy as soon as our eternity begins? Help us to look not only towards death but beyond it... Living in Your presence, faith realized, sinless...