A44342:1907
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.
he retired into his own bosom, takes notice of the guilt of his own sin in the death of Uriah he puts up all these provocations because he perceived' Gods displeasure in them, let him alone, God hath commanded him to curse, […] he will do good unto me. Though the Physic was il mingled, and given in a worse manner, yet he takes both, and hoping to receive help against his corruption by both; whereas the painted Hypocrite who never had his heart touched with any true remorse for his many rebellions; observe how perversely […] he will be under a stinging reproof, quarrel with the man, the manner of the delivery of it, &c.
he retired into his own bosom, takes notice of the guilt of his own sin in the death of Uriah he puts up all these provocations because he perceived' Gods displeasure in them, let him alone, God hath commanded him to curse, 〈…〉 he wil do good unto me. Though the Physick was il mingled, and given in a worse manner, yet he takes both, and hoping to receive help against his corruption by both; whereas the painted Hypocrite who never had his heart touched with any true remorse for his many rebellions; observe how perversly 〈…〉 he wil be under a stinging reproof, quarrel with the man, the manner of the delivery of it, &c.
A broken-hearted sinner feels his covetousness worse than beggary, and therefore restores all readily; his sin worse than shame, and therefore freely confesseth it; than scorn or contempt, and therefore bears the sharpest reproofs after the most unsavoury and disorderly manner dispensed: he is weary of his distemper, and therefore willing to bear the sharpest means that shall be tried upon him by […] to remove it,; use any, even the most difficult and tedious that may subdue those distempers in his […].
A broken-hearted sinner feels his covetousness worse than beggery, and therefore restores al readily; his sin worse than shame, and therefore freely confesseth it; than scorn or contempt, and therefore bears the sharpest reproofs after the most unsavory and disorderly manner dispensed: he is weary of his distemper, and therefore willing to bear the sharpest means that shall be tried upon him by to remove it,; use any, even the most difficult and tedious that may subdue those distempers in his .