A44342:1775
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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He that walks with God in the exercise of the Rule in a […] manner, God […] meet with him in it, and give him the […] and comfort that ⟨p. 338⟩follows and flows from it: he that conscientiously keeps the Rule, shall be more fitted for to keep it, and to share in the blessing and […] of it: he that deals bountifully in virtue of the Rule, he shall be more apt to that Duty, and shall find bountiful dealings from the hands of others, God and men: he that is upright, thorough, and simple in Spirit and practice, he shall be more exact every way, and find peace and praise as the fruit of that: he that is pure, that is, not only contents himself to be simple and sincere hearted in his whole course, but is daily purging himself, and cleansing his own heart, […] severing himself from such taints and remainders of distempers that appear, and […] to clear up the Rule in the beauty and excellency thereof to himself, that he may see more of it, submit more freely and fully to it; the Lord will make himself pure to him. So the word. God will let in pure instructions, that no darkness or dimness may stumble him, or cause him to mistake; pure evidence of pardon, and acceptance, no guilt may unsettle him; pure comforts and peace that no doubts or fears may discourage him; pure holiness and power of […], that no strength of corruption may blur the Image of God in him, or darken the Evidence of the Work of Grace received. But […] a man will be froward, crook the Rule, go cross to the Command, and will walk in the vanity of his own […], and stubbornness of his own Spirit, oppose the power of the Truth, not willing to look upon, or abide to hear of the purity of it. God will show himself froward towards such a one, he will […] you, and cross you in your whole course, and in all your comforts; you crook and wind away from the Rule to content your sins, God by his Righteous Law, by virtue of the provoking power thereof, will deliver you up to the power of your sins, and to all the terrors, and plagues, and expressions of his […], that attend thereupon:
He that walks with God in the exercise of the Rule in a 〈…〉 manner, God 〈…〉 meet with him in it, and give him the 〈…〉 and comfort that ⟨p. 338⟩