Heaven on Earth

Heaven on Earth
The subject of assurance is one of the most important elements of the Christian experience. Heaven on Earth expounds that there is no greater privilege than being a child of God and knowing it, as assurance brings joy to worship and prayer, and provides strength and boldness to our witness. Consequently, failure and weakness in all these areas can often be traced back to a lack of assurance, or even a false assurance. This work by Thomas Brooks, first published in 1654, deals with all these aspects of assurance in a biblical and pastoral way.

"His teaching is clear, comprehensive, and greatly needed in the current spiritual climate. Brooks explains what true assurance is and guides the reader on how they can fully experience it." -Spurgeon

"All saints will enjoy a heaven when they leave this earth; some saints enjoy a heaven while they are here on earth. That saints may enjoy two heavens is the project of this book."--Joseph Caryl

Author
Little is known about Thomas Brooks as a man, apart from what can be gleaned from his many writings. Born, probably to well-to-do parents, in 1608, Brooks entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1625. By 1640 at the latest he was licensed as a preacher of the Gospel. Before that date he appears to have spent several years at sea, probably as a fleet chaplain. After the Civil War, Brooks became minister of Thomas Apostle's, London, and was sufficiently famous to be chosen to preach before the House of Commons on December 26, 1648. Three or four years later he moved to St. Margaret's, Fish-street Hill, London, but met with considerable opposition by denying baptism and the Lord's Supper to those who were clearly unworthy of such privileges. The following years were filled with written and oral ministries. In 1662 he was a victim of the notorious Act of Uniformity, but he seems to have remained in his church and preached the Word when the opportunity presented itself.