The Catholic Church says that ignorance is the mother
of devotion. But the Scripture says that it is the mother
of destruction.
'My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.' Hosea 4:6
'You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures.'
Matthew 22:29
Ignorance is the mother of mistake, and the cause of
trouble, error, and of terror.
Ignorance is the highway to hell, and it makes a man
both a prisoner and a slave to the devil at once.
Ignorance unmans a man; it makes a man a beast, yes,
makes him more miserable than the beast which perishes.
There are none so easily nor so frequently captured in
Satan's snares—as ignorant people. They are easily
drawn to dance with the devil all day—and to dream
of supping with Christ at night.
Sin at first was the cause of ignorance—but now
ignorance is the cause of all sin.
There are none so frequent, and so impudent in the
ways of sin—as ignorant people. They care not, nor
mind not what they do, nor what they say against
God, Christ, heaven, holiness, and their own souls.
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Thomas Brooks (1608 - 1680)
Much of what is known about Thomas Brooks has been ascertained from his writings. Born, likely to well-to-do parents, in 1608, Brooks entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1625, where he was preceded by such men as Thomas Hooker, John Cotton, and Thomas Shepard. He was licensed as a preacher of the Gospel by 1640. Before that date, he appears to have spent a number of years at sea, probably as a chaplain with the fleet.After the conclusion of the First English Civil War, Thomas Brooks became minister at Thomas Apostle's, London, and was sufficiently renowned to be chosen as preacher before the House of Commons on December 26, 1648. His sermon was afterwards published under the title, 'God's Delight in the Progress of the Upright', the text being Psalm 44:18: 'Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy way'. Three or four years afterwards, he transferred to St. Margaret's, Fish-street Hill, London. In 1662, he fell victim to the notorious Act of Uniformity, but he appears to have remained in his parish and to have preached as opportunity arose. Treatises continued to flow from his pen.[3]
Thomas Brooks was a nonconformist preacher. Born into a Puritan family, he was sent to Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He soon became an advocate of the Congregational way and served as a chaplain in the Civil War. In 1648 he accepted the rectory of St. Margaret's, New Fish Street, London, but only after making his Congregational principles clear to the vestry.
On several occasions he preached before Parliament. He was ejected in 1660 and remained in London as a Nonconformist preacher. Government spies reported that he preached at Tower Wharf and in Moorfields. During the Great Plague and Great Fire he worked in London, and in 1672 was granted a license to preach in Lime Street. He wrote over a dozen books, most of which are devotional in character. He was buried in Bunhill Fields.