A44342:1674
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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how often hath the loose Prodigal come to riot it at the Fair and Market, and hath been drawn in to hear beyond his purpose, cross to his desire, and wished himself out of the place, and yet hath heard that before he departed, which hath been a word of life and peace unto his soul, for which he saw cause to bless God to all Eternity, Matthew he is sitting at the receipt of Custom, minds how to take money, Peter and James are casting a Net into the Sea, to see how to make provision for themselves; Christ calls them to himself, and so to an Interest in Grace and Glory, when they had not so much as a thought that way; It's that of the Apostle, Rom. 9. 30. The Gentiles who sought not after righteousness, they have attained unto righteousness, and yet the Jews who pretended great pains and search that way, they fell short of it.
how often hath the loose Prodigal come to riot it at the Fair and Market, and hath been drawn in to hear beyond his purpose, cross to his desire, and wished himself out of the place, and yet hath heard that before he departed, which hath been a word of life and peace unto his soul, for which he saw cause to bless God to all Eternity, Matthew he is sitting at the receit of Custom, minds how to take money, Peter and James are casting a Net into the Sea, to see how to make provision for themselves; Christ cals them to himself, and so to an Interest in Grace and Glory, when they had not so much as a thought that way; It's that of the Apostle, Rom. 9. 30. The Gentiles who sought not after righteousness, they have attained unto righteousness, and yet the Jews who pretended great pains and search that way, they fel short of it.
As the Lord presseth in upon men before they be aware,§2 and beyond their purposes, So many times he takes the worst of men, whose hearts and lives are at the greatest distance from the holiness of his word and ways: Thus our Saviour possesseth that the Publicans and Harlots, such as were in the rank of the most notorious wretches, Go before the Scribes and Pharisees into the Kingdom of Heaven.