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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.
Be not suddenly confident of the Cure. Let men be §3Probationers in our apprehensions, let them proceed in a fearful and painful way to make proof of the inward disposition of their hearts, by their outward practices in a constancy of an holy conversation. As Solomon said of Adonijah, 1 King. 1. 52. Let him show himself a worthy man. This creating of Professors, making men Christians by our applause and approbation, because they have attained the under strokes of horror, skill & ability to holy Services, proves the bane of their souls, the blemish of their Profession, and a breach of their Peace; either they have turned wretches again, or else have been overtaken with their carelessness, so that they have been foiled by gross falls, and hardly ever recovered their peace and comfort though they have taken off the scandal. Therefore as John Baptist told them, if indeed you purpose to […] from the wrath to come, bring forth fruits worthy of amendment, Matth. 3. 8. such as will carry weight, and fetch up the scales as it were, and undoubtedly evidence the work of Grace.
Be not suddenly confident of the Cure. Let men be §3Probationers in our apprehensions, let them proceed in a fearful and painful way to make proof of the inward disposition of their hearts, by their outward practices in a constancy of an holy conversation. As Solomon said of Adonijah, 1 King. 1. 52. Let him shew himself a worthy man. This creating of Professors, making men Christians by our applause and approbation, because they have attained the under strokes of horror, skil & ability to holy Services, proves the bane of their souls, the blemish of their Profession, and a breach of their Peace; either they have turned wretches again, or else have been overtaken with their carelessness, so that they have been foyled by gross falls, and hardly ever recovered their peace and comfort though they have taken off the scandal. Therefore as John Baptist told them, if indeed you purpose to 〈…〉 from the wrath to come, bring forth fruits worthy of amendment,