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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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It's marvellous dishonourable to God: We do not […] up §2his Name that is called upon by us, and express the virtues of him that hath called us to his marvellous Light, and out of the world, that we might shine as Lights in a ⟨p. 134⟩crooked generation; what serves your strength for but for a time of trial? you say flesh and blood cannot bear, why good now? what serves your Grace for, but to do other and better than flesh and blood can do? This kind of distemper overtook Moses and it cost him dear, and the Lord would not once vouchsafe to hear an excuse or to abate him of the […], Psal. 106. 31. 32. It went ill with Moses for […] sakes because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. The fore Moses himself said Deutr. 1. 37. the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying thou shalt not go into the Land, nay Deutr. 3. 26. the Lord would not hear him, saying, speak no more to me of this […]. This is a great dishonour to God and grace, when we are overcome of evil, whereas we ought to overcome evil with goodness. Rom. 12. 21.
It's marvelous dishonorable to God: We do not 〈…〉 up §2his Name that is called upon by us, and express the vertues of him that hath called us to his marvelous Light, and out of the world, that we might shine as Lights in a ⟨p. 134⟩crooked generation; what serves your strength for but for a time of trial? you say flesh and blood cannot bear, why good now? what serves your Grace for, but to do other and better than flesh and blood can do? This kind of distemper overtook Moses and it cost him dear, and the Lord would not once vouchsafe to hear an excuse or to abate him of the 〈…〉, Psal. 106. 31. 32. It went ill with Moses for 〈…〉 sakes because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. The fore Moses himself said Deutr. 1. 37. the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying thou shalt not go into the Land, nay Deutr. 3. 26. the Lord would not hear him, saying, speak no more to me of this . This is a great dishonor to God and grace, when we are overcome of evil, whereas we ought to overcome evil with goodness.