A44342:1804
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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Matter of Caution and Direction unto such whom 1God hath exercised with such heavy breakings of heart for their scandalous courses; beware ye be not weary, and labour to make an escape from under the Dispensation of the Lord, but give welcome thereunto; help forward the work, do not resist it, make way for the Dispensation of the Lord, do not oppose it, and therefore possess thy heart with a necessity of subjection thereunto. Why shouldst thou think to have an exception? be rather fearful thou shouldst not find the Truth of the ⟨p. 357⟩work of these terrors, than that thou shouldst be fearful to endure these; if he will land thee in Christ, he will toss thee in this manner. As a Patient having a […] wound, he enquires what the […] did to others, and how the Salve did work upon others in his case, and if he find the Salve and working be the same, he hopes that he also shall be cured. So here.
Matter of Caution and Direction unto such whom 1God hath exercised with such heavy breakings of heart for their scandalous courses; beware ye be not weary, and labor to make an escape from under the Dispensation of the Lord, but give welcom thereunto; help forward the work, do not resist it, make way for the Dispensation of the Lord, do not oppose it, and therefore possess thy heart with a necessity of subjection thereunto. Why should'st thou think to have an exception? be rather fearful thou shouldst not find the Truth of the ⟨p. 357⟩work of these terrors, than that thou should'st be fearful to endure these; if he wil land thee in Christ, he wil toss thee in this manner. As a Patient having a 〈…〉 wound, he enquires what the 〈…〉 did to others, and how the Salve did work upon others in his case, and if he find the Salve and working be the same, he hopes that he also shal be cured. So here.
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