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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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Consider thine own strength, and compare it with §2all the strength of the Creatures; and so if all the Creatures be not able to bear the wrath of the Almighty, as Job says, Job, 6. 12. Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh as brass, that must bear thy wrath? as if he had said, it must be a stone or brass that must bear thy wrath. Though thou wert as strong as brass or stones, thou couldst not bear it: when the mountains tremble at the wrath of the Lord, shall a poor worm or bubble and shadow endure it?
Consider thine own strength, and compare it with §2all the strength of the Creatures; and so if all the Creatures be not able to bear the wrath of the Almighty, as Job saies, Job, 6. 12. Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh as brass, that must bear thy wrath? as if he had said, it must be a stone or brass that must bear thy wrath. Though thou wert as strong as brass or stones, thou could'st not bear it: when the mountains tremble at the wrath of the Lord, shal a poor worm or bubble and shadow endure it?
Conceive thus much, If all the Diseases in the world did seize upon one man, and if all the torments that all the Tyrants in the world could devise, were cast upon him; and if all the Creatures in Heaven and Earth did conspire the destruction of this man, and if all the Devils in Hell did labour to inflict punishment upon him, you would think this man to be in a miserable case, and yet all this is but a beam of Gods Indignation. If the beams of his wrath be so hot, what is the full Sun of his Wrath, when it shall seize upon the soul of a sinful creature in full measure?
Conceive thus much, If al the Diseases in the world did seize upon one man, and if all the torments that all the Tyrants in the world could devise, were cast upon him; and if all the Creatures in Heaven and Earth did conspire the destruction of this man, and if all the Devils in Hell did labor to inflict punishment upon him, you would think this man to be in a miserable case, and yet al this is but a beam of Gods Indignation. If the beams of his wrath be so hot, what is the full Sun of his Wrath, when it shal seize upon the soul of a sinful creature in ful measure?