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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 is the mind and intendment of the Spirit, the meaning, yea, the proper meaning of that word, Mark, 14. last, when he had thought of his sins, says our Translation; when he had cast all the particular and heightening circumstances together, as the word properly signifies; when he had summed up his several miscarriages by a serious Meditation, then his heart breaketh within him, though the Cock had crowed, and our Saviour had looked upon him, and he remembered at a sudden push of apprehension his evil, yet he stood it; but when he had laid all together, cast up the Summa totalis of his fearful departures from the Lord, by denying, falsifying, cursing, with all the aggravating circumstances, that he that was not only a Christian, but entertained as a Servant, yea called to be an Apostle, who was so seasonably, and with such earnestness forewarned of his back sliding and false dealing, who had promised and resolved with such courage against it, that he should not only forsake his Master in a covert manner, but openly and shamefully renounce him, yea […] blaspheme and curse, and that often, and now especially in this […] […] trouble, in the day of our Saviours distress, when the Innocency of his cause, the Honour of his person, yea, his life lay at hazard, that such a Servant and Apostle should so basely and […] deny and forswear his Master and Redeemer, and that at this time of need, upon so slight an occasion, as the voice of a silly Damsel, or some ordinary man; he laid all these together, and […] them upon his heart, and he was not able to bear it, but went […], and wept bitterly.
It is the mind and intendment of the Spirit, the meaning, yea, the proper meaning of that word, Mark, 14. last, when he had thought of his sins, saies our Translation; when he had cast all the particular and heightning circumstances together, as the word properly signifies; when he had summed up his several miscarriages by a serious Meditation, then his heart breaketh within him, though the Cock had crowed, and our Savior had looked upon him, and he remembred at a sudden push of apprehension his evil, yet he stood it; but when he had laid al together, cast up the Summa totalis of his fearful departures from the Lord, by denying, falsefying, cursing, with al the aggravating circumstances, that he that was not only a Christian, but entertained as a Servant, yea called to be an Apostle, who was so seasonably, and with such earnestness forewarned of his back sliding and false dealing, who had promised and resolved with such courage against it, that he should not only forsake his Master in a covert manner, but openly and shamefully renounce him, yea blaspheme and curse, and that often, and now especially in this trouble, in the day of our Saviors distress, when the Innocency of his cause, the Honor of his person, yea, his life lay at hazard, that such a Servant and Apostle should so basely and deny and forswear his Master and Redeemer, and that at this time of need, upon so slight an occasion, as the voyce of a silly Damsel, or some ordinary man; he laid al these together, and them upon his heart, and he was not able to bear it, but went , and wept bitterly.