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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.
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1 The more common thy sin, the more […] it is, 1and the heavier thy Curse will be from the Lord. The more they be that oppose the Lord and his Truth, the more need of thy help, and the greater had been thy love to him and his cause now to stand by it, and the greater thy falseness and unfaithfulness to forsake both, and to join sides with the wicked. See how unkindly he takes the suspicion and appearance to be carried away in a common defection, […], 6. 66. When many went back and walked no more with Jesus, if commonness might have given encouragement, the Disciples had warrant enough to have carried them in the stream, yet see how il the Lord takes the least inclination or suspicion that way, Will ye also go away? See how heavily the anger of the Lord breaks out against such Apostates, Judg. 5. 3. Curse ye Meroz (said the Angel of the Lord) yea, curse ye Meroz bitterly, because they went not out to help the Lord against the mighty. When opposition grows fierce, and the numbers grow to be many, and the power mighty of such as become Adversaries to the […], […] who then becomes careless of the Lord and his Cause, the Curse of God comes out against such in a peculiar manner, he aims at them by name; Curse ye such who go not out to help the Lord against the mighty pride, the mighty stubbornness, the mighty […] and unprofitableness, and base Earthly-mindedness […] gets footing, and grows common in the places, and amongst such with whom we […].
1 The more common thy sin, the more 〈…〉 it is, 1and the heavier thy Curse will be from the Lord. The more they be that oppose the Lord and his Truth, the more need of thy help, and the greater had been thy love to him and his cause now to stand by it, and the greater thy falsness and unfaithfulness to forsake both, and to joyn sides with the wicked. See how unkindly he takes the suspicion and appearance to be carried away in a common defection, 〈…〉, 6. 66. When many went back and walked no more with Jesus, if commonness might have given encouragement, the Disciples had warrant enough to have carried them in the stream, yet see how il the Lord takes the least inclination or suspicion that way, Wil ye also go away? See how heavily the anger of the Lord breaks out against such Apostats,