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The application of redemption
The application of redemption by the effectual work of the word, and spirit of Christ, for the bringing home of lost sinners to God ... by that faithful and known servant of Christ, Mr. Thomas Hooker ...
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
The Application of Redemption, by the effectual work of the Word an… › Book 8
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I do not say thou canst do the work, but do […] 1go to him that can do it. Thou sayest thou canst […] go; I confess thou canst not as a Christian, but […] I exhort unto is, Do what thou canst as a man, improve those Faculties, and Parts, and Gifts that […] yet left in thee; and come under, and keep […] the Call of God. God meets his People in the […] 2of his worship, in the use of the Ordinances which he appoints, therefore go thou thither to meet with him. Thou hast an Ear to hear the word therefore thy feet can carry thee to other places, let them carry thee to the house of God, that mind and memory of thine can meditate upon other things, […] it meditate upon the word, and fasten upon the truth and the reasons thereof; I do not say thou […] pray so as to please God, but pray still, who know but God may help thee; thou canst confer […] things of no profit, and remember idle things of […] worth; nay, such as leave a taint of Corruption […] Pollution upon thy soul; use that mind, and […] thoughts, and that tongue of thine about the […] of God and Jesus Christ. Thou mayest do this, […] shouldest do this.
I do not say thou canst do the work, but do 〈…〉 1go to him that can do it. Thou sayest thou canst 〈…〉 go; I confess thou canst not as a Christian, but 〈…〉 I exhort unto is, Do what thou canst as a man, improve those Faculties, and Parts, and Gifts that 〈…〉 yet left in thee; and come under, and keep 〈…〉 the Call of God. God meets his People in the 〈…〉 2of his worship, in the use of the Ordinances which he appoints, therefore go thou thither to meet with him. Thou hast an Ear to hear the word therefore thy feet can carry thee to other places, let them carry thee to the house of God, that mind and memory of thine can meditate upon other things, it meditate upon the word, and fasten upon the truth and the reasons thereof; I do not say thou pray so as to please God, but pray still, who know but God may help thee; thou canst confer things of no profit, and remember idle things of worth; nay, such as leave a taint of Corruption Pollution upon thy soul; use that mind, and thoughts, and that tongue of thine about the of God and Jesus Christ. Thou mayest do this, shouldest do this.