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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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2. The want of this is given as the cause why men are carried head long to the Practice of loathsome evils. […]. 44. 19. No man considereth in his heart. Jer. 8. 6. I […] and heard, but they spake not […] No man says with himself what have I done? the ⟨p. 228⟩want of this hastens the righteous judgments of the Lord Psal. 28. 5. because they regard not the operation of his hands, therefore he will destroy them and not build them up.
2. The want of this is given as the cause why men are carryed head long to the Practice of loathsom evils. 〈…〉. 44. 19. No man considereth in his heart. Jer. 8. 6. I 〈…〉 and heard, but they spak not 〈…〉 No man sayes with himself what have I done? the ⟨p. 228⟩want of this hastens the righteous judgments of the Lord Psal. 28. 5. because they regard not the operation of his hands, therefore he will destroy them and not build them up.
3. The use of this affects and fits the heart to the duties that are to be discharged. It's a preparative to many daily performances in our Christian course, it quickens the holy dispensations of the soul, chargeth it with confessions and petitions seasonable and savoury that they may be delivered with feeling and affections when the heart is boiling of a good matter,