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Dealing with suffering and knowing for certain whether or not God’s presence is with us is a part of any Christian’s life. Thomas Brooks gives practical advice for dealing with suffering as well as sensing God’s presence in our lives. Also included are points, which refer to the saints' present blessedness, and their future happiness.

When Chrysostom was greatly threatened by the cruel empress and others, he made this answer, ‘If they keep me poor, I know Christ had not a house to put his head in: if they silence me, and put me out of the synagogue; so was that poor man that confessed Christ, and the apostles enjoined not to speak in the name of Jesus: if they cast me into prison, so was Jeremiah, St Peter, and St Paul, and many more: if I am forced to flee my country, I have that beloved John, and that Atlas-like Athanasius,
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