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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.
For had they known it they would never have crucified the Lord of life, It fares with a false-hearted […] as it did with the wife of Jeroboam, when she came to enquire of her sick Child, all the while she had received no certain evidence, whether it would […] or live her heart was […] and comforted ⟨p. 88⟩in her present hopes. But when Abijah the Prophet related the message of the Lord; Come in thou wife of Jeroboam why fainest thou thy self to be another? behold I am sent to thee with heavy […]. the Lord […] bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam and will cut off him that is left, get thee home to thy house, and as soon as thy feet enter into thy house the Child shall die, this sunk her hopes, so fares it with a false-hearted ignorant sinner he may be quieted with the present apprehension, of his good condition when he hath no evidence to the contrary. But when the Lord sets up an overpouring conviction in the mind wch may give in […] and infallible witness of its […] and […] estate […] thou false-hearted hypocrite why […] thou thy self to be another? and befoolest thy self with vain hopes behold here is heavy tidings sent unto thee from the Lord of hosts. thou art yet in the gal of bitterness in the bond of iniquity and if thou diest so, thou […] certainly […] from the presence of the Lord for ever. This fastening the truth upon the conscience comes home and forceth the heart to feel and to be affected therewith.
For had they known it they would never have crucified the Lord of life, It fares with a fals-harted 〈…〉 as it did with the wife of Jeroboam, when she came to enquire of her sick Child, all the while she had received no certain evidence, whether it would 〈…〉 or live her heart was 〈…〉 and comforted ⟨p. 88⟩in her present hopes. But when Abijah the Prophet related the message of the Lord; Come in thou wife of Jeroboam why fainest thou thy self to be another? behold I am sent to thee with heavy 〈…〉. the Lord 〈…〉 bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam and wil cut off him that is left, get thee home to thy house, and assoon as thy feet enter into thy house the Child shal dy, this sunk her hopes, so fares it with a fals-harted ignorant sinner he may be quieted with the persent appresion, of his good condition when he hath no evidence to the contrary. But when the Lord sets up an overpouring conviction in the mind wch may give in and infallible witness of its and estate thou fals-hearted hypocrite why thou thy self to be another? and befoolest thy self with vayn hopes behold here is heavy tidings sent unto thee from the Lord of hosts. thou art yet in the gal of bitterness in the bond of iniquity and if thou diest so, thou certainly from the presence of the Lord for ever. This fastening the truth upon the conscience comes home and forceth the heart to feel and to be affected therewith.