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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.
Our words are as it were the panders and provokers, §1more universally to all kinds of evil than our practice can be; There be many sins that come not within the compass of our practice as errors, false opinions, and those that do they come not within our power or possibility for the while. But there is no error so gross, no delusion so loathsome but our speech can vent and broach it. No practice so […] but by our words and communication we can present it together with all the occasion to the heart to draw forth those sinful inclinations there, to linger after and to seek for opportunity to commit it 1 Cor. 15. 33. Evil words corrupt good manners and the Apostle specifies none but implies a taint and pollution of all, the sting of the Serpent we know spreads over the whole body, taints all the blood at an instant, so there is the poison of Asps that is under the lips of the ungodly, So the Apostle James 3. 6. the tongue amongst the members defiles the whole body, Conference and Communication affects the whole man, […] […] up the heart to effect, the head to plot, […] eye to look, the hand to work &c. Speech drives the choleric man into a passion the melancholic man into discontent, the loose and vain person to be transported with his lusts, and uncleanness. Therefore the same Apostle compares it to a […] vers. 5. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth a spark of fire sets a whole house a whole town on a flame, before one be aware.
Our words are as it were the panders and provokers, §1more universally to al kinds of evil than our practice can be; There be many sins that come not within the compass of our practice as errours, false opinions, and those that do they come not within our power or possibility for the while. But there is no error so gross, no delusion so loathsom but our speech can vent and broach it. No practice so 〈…〉 but by our words and communication we can present it together with al the occasion to the heart to draw forth those sinful inclinations there, to linger after and to seek for opportunity to commit it 1 Cor. 15. 33