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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 10: The Tenth Book.
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.
Conviction must carry an undeniable evidence with §1it that as the truth hath laid and pleaded an action against the soul, so the understanding may be forced to confess it, and sits down satisfied under the uncontrollable authority thereof and of the truth therein. The Scriptures are so pregnant, reasons so plain, arguments so strong, that though before they did not see, they could not think it, or be brought to believe, that their sins were so heinous or their condition so miserable, yet they now know not how to gainsay it. Thus […], when he stood upon the terms of his […] at several times when God had terrified him by the discovery of himself, he then yields the day, Job. 7. 20. I have sinned what shall I do unto thee Oh thou preserver of men q. d. I have no reasons to allege, no excuses to make, no arguments to plead, I […] the action, I have sinned. Thus the Lord took down the height of ⟨p. 81⟩[…] ⟨p. 82⟩of the Word, that as it is said of Stephen, they could not […] the Spirit by […] he […]; […] […], […] though the […] would gain say, yet […] […] and […] […] […] […] […] 18. 15. Nay, but […] […] […]. So the Spirit follows the soul, and […], and removes these Cavils and Objections that the sinner makes, and still shows and says, nay, but this is thy sin, and […] will be thy damnation; that the sinner is […] to yield, and say, this is the Truth, I cannot […] it; it is my condition, I cannot deny it; this is my sin, and will be my […], I cannot but expect it.
Conviction must carry an undeniable evidence with §1it that as the truth hath layd and pleaded an action against the soul, so the understanding may be forced to confess it, and sits down satisfied under the uncontroulable authority thereof and of the truth therein. The Scriptures are so pregnant, reasons so plain, arguments so strong, that though before they did not see, they could not think it, or be brought to beleeve, that their sins were so heinous or their condition so miserable, yet they now know not how to gainsay it. Thus 〈…〉, when he stood upon the terms of his at several times when God had terrified him by the discovery of himself, he then yeilds the day,