A44342:1854
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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I Answer: In these Secrets and depths of Gods Spiritual1 Dispensations with the souls of men, we must learn to be wise to sobriety, and adore the ways of God which are too wonderful for us; and if any paths of his Providence in an ordinary course are beyond our ken, and past finding out, I suppose his complyings with the consciences and hearts of men in their Conversion, are some of the chief. It's of our Natural Birth David speaks, Psal. 139. I am fearfully and wonderfully made, much more may it be said of our new birth: The wise man, Eccles. 11. 5. says, […] thou knowest not the way of the Spirit, […] […] […] […] do grow in the womb of her that is with Child, so thou knowest not the […] of God, nor of his Spirit, how he fashions the frame of the mind and heart of him he will bring home to himself; curious we should not be, careless we must not be. I shall leave therefore some such […] Expressions, so far as my light goes, and occasion the judicious to consider further, for the further clearing of Gods Work.
I Answer: In these Secrets and depths of Gods Spiritual1 Dispensations with the souls of men, we must learn to be wise to sobriety, and adore the waies of God which are too wonderful for us; and if any paths of his Providence in an ordinary course are beyond our ken, and past finding out, I suppose his complyings with the consciences and hearts of men in their Conversion, are some of the chief. It's of our Natural Birth David speaks, Psal. 139. I am fearfully and wonderfully made, much more may it be said of our new birth: The wise man, Eccles. 11. 5. saies, 〈…〉 thou knowest not the way of the Spirit, 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 do grow in the womb of her that is with Child, so thou knowest not the of God, nor of his Spirit, how he fashions the frame of the mind and heart of him he wil bring home to himself; curious we should not be, careless we must not be. I shal leave therefore some such Expressions, so far as my light goes, and occasion the judicious to consider further, for the further cleering of Gods Work.