Pursue after holiness – Thomas Brooks

“Pursue . . . holiness without it no one will see the Lord.” Hebrews 12:14

O sirs, shall the ambitious person pursue after his honors, and the voluptuous person after his pleasures, and the worldling pursue after his gain, and the wanton pursue after his harlots, and the drunkard pursue after his full cups, etc.; and shall not Christians much more pursue after holiness?

O sirs, the way of holiness is . . .
the safest way,
the noblest way,
the sweetest way,
the cleanest way,
the pleasantest way,
the happiest way;
therefore hold on, and hold up in that way. “Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.” Proverbs 3:17

We hold on in a way of holiness, notwithstanding all the rocks and obstacles and difficulties that we meet with in that way.

O sirs, in the face of all your sins and unworthiness, God holds on in ways of mercy towards you; and why then should not you hold on in ways of sanctity towards Him? Shall Satan persevere in his enmity against holiness? And shall wicked men persevere in their opposition to holiness? And shall formalists persevere in their neglect of holiness? And will not you persevere in your pursuit of holiness?