CHOICE EXCERPTS FROM THOMAS BROOKS (1608-1680)

One Puritan scholar says of Brooks, “He had a body of divinity in his head and the power of it in his heart.” Incredible material!

http://www.gracegems.org/Brooks/thomas_brooks_quotes.htm

The Mute Christian Under the Smarting Rod
WHEN HE SHOWS NO ANGER!

"The Lord disciplines the one He loves, and punishes every son whom He receives." Heb. 12:6

There cannot be a greater evidence of God's hatred and wrath—than His refusing to correct men for their sinful courses and vanities!

Where God refuses to correct—there God resolves to destroy!

There is no man so near God's axe—so near the flames—so near hell—as he whom God will not so much as spend a rod upon! "Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline." Revelation 3:19

God is most angry—when He shows no anger! Who can seriously meditate upon this, and not be silent under God's most smarting rod?

http://www.gracegems.org/Brooks/quotes.htm

There are three things which earthly riches can never do:

they can never satisfy divine justice,

they can never pacify divine wrath,

nor can they ever quiet a guilty conscience.

And until these things are done—man is undone!

MAD PIG`S DISEASE

This is an excellent site for a variety of puritan sources. http://www.gracegems.org/

The very fresh and always relevant Biblical comments and various works of JC Ryle can be read online.

http://www.gracegems.org/Ryle/books.htm. They may not always use the Authorised Version.

MATTHEW 8:28-34

28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

RYLES COMMENTS

Let us not leave this passage without observing the painful worldliness of the Gergesenes, among whom this miracle of casting out a devil was wrought. They besought the Lord Jesus to "depart from their borders." They had no heart to feel for anything but the loss of their swine. They cared not that two fellow-creatures, with immortal souls, were freed from Satan's bondage. They cared not that there stood among them a greater than the devil, Jesus the Son of God. They cared for nothing but that their swine were drowned, and "the hope of their gains gone." They ignorantly regarded Jesus as one who stood between them and their profits, and they only wished to be rid of Him.

There are only too many like these Gergesenes. There are thousands who care not one jot for Christ, or Satan, so long as they can make a little more money, and have a little more of the good things of this world. From this spirit may we be delivered! Against this spirit may we ever watch and pray! It is very common. It is awfully infectious. Let us recollect every morning that we have souls to be saved, and that we shall one day die, and after that be judged. Let us beware of loving the world more than Christ. Let us beware of hindering the salvation of others, because we fear the increase of true religion may diminish our gains, or give us trouble.

SOUNDS LIKE A DESCRIPTION OF STORMONT MONASTERY.

1 Kings 21:19 THUS SAITH THE LORD, HAST THOU KILLED AND ALSO TAKEN POSSESSION?

Jezabel & Ahab Meeting Elijah in Naboth`s Vineyard

Frank Dicksee (1853-1928 British)

OPINION POLL PUBLISHED IN THE SAMARIA TELEGRAPH

Latest opinion poll shows a majority of both communities in Samaria very happy with the powersharing agreement between Ahab and his wife Jezebel!

63% of Ahab`s MJMGNP, "Multi-Job, Money-Grabbing, Nepotistic party" said he was performing well. 48% of a very confused MJMGNP said they thought Jezebel was doing a good job, better than they ever expected!

64% of Jezebel`s SBP, "Sidonian Baalite party" were very pleased with what has been accomplished so far. They looked forward to the establishing of an "International Truth Commision" to bring closure and relief to the injustices suffered by the Sidonian Baalite community over the past 600 years!

7,000 of the late Naboth`s "Vineyard Heritage" supporters have declared the present agreement is unbiblical, immoral and unethical. Elijah the prophet is said to be furious and is looking for a showdown with Ahab and Jezebel.

The Samaria Telegraph categorically states these 7,000 are only about 1% of the electorate, they are also "backwoodsmen", malcontents and dissidents!

Readers should be aware The Samaria Telegraph is known to be favoured by Jezebel`s SBP. The owners and editorial staff are delighted with all and any efforts to forward religious and political ecumenism.

Noel McAdam whose name is given as the journalist writing the story analysing the poll in the Belfast Telegraph, would be better using his time to do a survey of all the Pink Presbyterian Church ministers. See what percentage of them are happy with Pope Lundy the first`s performance over the last 100 days?

Now that would be a story worth printing and reading!

ISAIAH 28:15 FOR WE HAVE MADE LIES OUR REFUGE, AND UNDER FALSEHOOD HAVE WE HID OURSELVES:

THE BILL OF NO RIGHTS !

Our Rights: The following was written by State Representative from Cobb County, GA

We, the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid anymore riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and securethe blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt-ridden, basically lazy people. We hold these truths to be self-evident:

ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.

ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone - not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc., but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.

ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful. Do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.

ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes.

ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in health care.

ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.

ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big-screen color TV or a life of leisure.

ARTICLE VIII: You don't have the right to demand that our children risk their lives in foreign wars to soothe your aching conscience. We hate oppressive governments and won't lift a finger to stop you from going to fight if you'd like. However, we do not enjoy parenting the entire world and do not want to spend so much of our time battling each and every little tyrant with a military uniform and a funny hat.

ARTICLE IX: You don't have the right to a job. All of us sure want all of you to have one, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful.

ARTICLE X: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to pursue happiness, which, by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an overabundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.

RELIGION, HISTORY, CULTURE, POLITICAL DRAMA, WE HAVE EVERYTHING EXCEPT GOOD WEATHER!

We must attract some very strange tourists according to reports on BBC and UTV websites. Most people from N.Ireland simply want to go somewhere sunny when they go on holiday, tourists who come here want to see wall murals, do they not have any of their own? is the rest of the world so unimaginitive.
http://www.utvlive.com/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=84033&pt=n


HISTORY

SPORT

POLITICS .... this is a very embarrassing one for "Republicans" it says "No return to Stormont", naturally it no longer exists. It used to be at Dunville st.

GRIM REALITY ...... it sort of sums up the predicament Unionism now finds itself in!

Wall art in N.Ireland has advanced a long way over the last 40 years. Walls generally had William Prince of Orange, No Surrender or No Pope Here! years ago. When will the rest of the world realise Governments give you financial grants for painting walls!

I wonder how long it will be before someone gets a massive financial grant for painting Pope Lundy1, Marty and Gerry on some wall? it could be called "Violence Never Pays ".

THE UNION IS SAFE! ... THE QUESTION IS WHICH ONE?

A number of Lundy party members are trying to convince Bible believing anti Terrocrats that the Union is safe. Do they mean the union between PopeLundy1 and Marty?, do they mean the union between the North and South?, or do they mean the union between N.Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales?


DE-PROTESTANTISING N.IRELAND
"Homes attacked by sectarian mob" http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news?articleid=3087496
Two Lundy`s will be having a hard time trying to convince the residents of Twaddell Avenue their home and lives are safe, never mind the union being safe.

William Humphrey is a failed lundy, due to the good electoral performance of Raymond McCord, William failed to get elected to the Stormont Monastery gravy train. Well done Raymond!
You did Unionism a great service keeping this rascal out. He is dumber than Edwin Lundy and would have surpassed him in issuing stupid statements.
He had the nerve to tell me when he was out canvassing, the DUP would not be going in to government with IRA/MI5. He stated this in front of witnessess at my aunt`s house in Crimea st of the Shankhill.

I did read a letter in the Newsletter today from a Mr. Morrow a wannabe "pink lundy" spokesman. Later read a responce to his nonsense from Samuel Morrison on Samuel`s "What Need Of Further Lies website". By the time Samuel is finished with him he will be sorry he put pen to paper or lifted his "pink" head above the parapet!.

Almost all the individuals who try to defend PopeLundy1 do so from anonymous personality, Mr Morrow will find out why this is so! Ask yourself the question Mr Morrow, "Why try to defend an act of folly? which not one single Pink Presbyterian Minister has had the nerve to try and defend from her pulpit?

DE-JUDAIZATION OF ISRAEL----- An interesting article on Tamar Yonah`s weblog. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/3

Below is another intriguing item about Israeli soldiers refusing to obey orders. They are obviously not the "Chocolate soldiers" currently inhabiting the "evangelical" pulpits in N.Ireland! http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123296

1 COR 13:1 I AM BECOME AS A SOUNDING BRASS, OR A TINKILING CYMBAL.

STANDING UP TO TERRORISM

The following is a hollow meaningless quote from the JOINT TERROCRATIC MINISTER PopeLundy1.


"Mr Paisley said: "I give the chief constable my full support as he fights this terrible evil of paramilitarism."
"The attacks in Bangor were undoubtedly orchestrated and premeditated - this was the work of thugs and gangsters, and will be condemned by all right thinking people," he added.
Mr Paisley said he would be meeting government officials to ensure paramilitaries were given no concessions. "

http://www.utvlive.com/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=84005&pt=n

The Unionist people did stand up to loyalist terrorism at the ballot box where it mattered most. Over almost 40 years of violence at no time did the Unionist community give their electoral endorsement to terrorists in any meaningful way. Even during the period after the Black Friday Agreement was signed and "loyalist" terrorist spokemen where given massive media promotion they were rejected at the ballot box. What was Unionism`s reward for taking the morally correct stand at election time?
Betrayal by successive British governments and eventual betrayal by Pope Lundy1 and his politically pink accomplices!

The Roman Catholic community consistently voted for terror in growing numbers. What was their reward? The endorsement of successive British governments and the capitualtion of Pope Lundy1. The "Paisley Provos" at the moment are firmly planted as the dominant force within the terrocratic government of N.Ireland, I hope they have learned the lesson "violence never pays!".

Did PopeLundy1 stand up to terror? did he stand up to the Brits when threatened with "plan B?". Makes you wonder what would have happened years ago if he had been denied protection by police bodyguards and household security?

The Palestinans mirror the voting patterns of N.Ireland`s Roman Catholic population, they openly give their assent to terrorists, no doubt they will reap the same political dividends.