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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.
1 It's very Unreasonable. 2 Very Dishonourable, that others provocations should prevail with us to break out unto any unseemly practice.
1 It's very Unreasonable. 2 Very Dishonorable, that others provocations should prevail with us to break out unto any unseemly practice.
It is an unreasonable thing, Because another […] me §1wrong, that therefore I should wrong the Lord, my soul, my place; It's not an evil in Truth, but an honour, and will be a mans comfort, and bring a reward with it, to bear an injury, harsh dealing, and hard measure; Blessed are ye when men persecute you, and speak all manner of evil against you, they bring great reward. But to revile, and deal harshly with others, because so dealt withal, is to be injurious to God, to my profession, to the peace and comfort of my own Conscience: Because a man cuts my finger, should I go and stab my heart? men would look at it as a way of Frenzy: Because men set themselves against me, should I set God against […] also? This is the Apostles cure, 1 Pet. 3. 12. The Eyes of the Lord are upon the Righteous, but the Face of the Lord is against them that do evil. Nay, how cross to common sense is it, when thou thinkest the carriages of men are unreasonable, their provocations unsufferable, yet thou wilt do the like, and so condemn thy self by thine own doing.
It is an unreasonable thing, Because another 〈…〉 me §1wrong, that therefore I should wrong the Lord, my soul, my place; It's not an evil in Truth, but an honor, and wil be a mans comfort, and bring a reward with it, to bear an injury, harsh dealing, and hard measure; Blessed are ye when men persecute you, and speak all manner of evil against you, they bring great reward. But to revile, and deal harshly with others, because so dealt withal, is to be injurious to God, to my profession, to the peace and comfort of my own Conscience: Because a man cuts my finger, should I go and stab my heart? men would look at it as a way of Frenzy: Because men set themselves against me, should I set God against also? This is the Apostles cure,