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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.
As thou seest the execution of the evil upon others §2So act upon thy self by present consideration; danger and death when they are at hand and in present expectation they put men upon real expressions, when they see […] must die, and they must come to answer, sins will appear as they are, and they must suffer what they do deserve, there is no shift then, their hearts and hopes shake and sink; act therefore thine own death and thine own judgment, and bring in a real account of thy Condition by daily and real consideration, dye daily, and drag thy heart to the trial of Gods tribunal, see what thou canst make of it now, that thou mayest know what to expect then; Go apart, and keep Assizes or at least Sessions with thy self I see my sins and my condition, let me see how I can give an account for them and how I can answer to the Lord and his Law, or how I can bear that which follows; First or last I must come to trial, let me […] up my self before-hand to it. Suppose […], I heard the last […] blow, Arise ye dead and come to judgment, […] I saw Christ coming in ⟨p. 190⟩the clouds with thousands, suppose I beheld the thrones set and the Lord Jesus summoning all flesh; when the books shall be opened, and all hidden things brought to light, when the wicked shall not be able to lift up their […] but call to the Mountains to cover them, they are not able to abide the trial, and therefore cannot endure the terror of the lamb; thou canst not but say those are thy sins of which thou never yet repentedst, that thy curse and condemnation is such as thou art not able to avoid, thou canst not answer for the one, nor bear the other; Therefore bring it up to this conclusion let me not rest in this condition now that the word and my Conscience tells me I shall never find comfort therein at that day.
As thou seest the execution of the evil upon others §2So act upon thy self by present consideration; danger and death when they are at hand and in present expectation they put men upon real expressions, when they see 〈…〉 must dy, and they must come to answer, sins wil appear as they are, and they must suffer what they do deserve, there is no shift then, their hearts and hopes shake and sink; act therefore thine own death and thine own judgment, and bring in a real account of thy Condition by daily and real consideration, dye daily, and drag thy heart to the tryal of Gods tribunal, see what thou canst make of it now, that thou mayest know what to expect then; Go apart, and keep Assises or at least Sessions with thy self I see my sins and my condition, let me see how I can give an account for them and how I can answer to the Lord and his Law, or how I can bear that which follows; First or last I must come to trial, let me up my self before-hand to it. Suppose , I heard the last blow, Arise ye dead and come to judgment, I saw Christ coming in