A44342:1995
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.
They begin now to see the folly of their own conceits, 1and that confidence which in former times they had; how easily they could procure their own comfort, and how certainly without fail they could provide for the […] of their own souls, and everlasting happiness; they said it; and thought what they said, that there needs not so much […] to get to Heaven; at the time of […], and before their departure draw on; it's but bewailing […] sins, and seeking to God for mercy; Oh but when it comes too, they […] another […] matter of it than ever formerly they did […], they […] at an utter loss with themselves, they know not what […] to take, which […] to turn; they know not, poor Creatures, how to come at a Christ; nay how to […] him, how to attain […] pardon or peace: And therefore now (though […] late it may be) they see they know not what to do, or how to turn their hand to any spiritual ⟨p. 564⟩work, which in pride of heart, said and concluded, they could […] any thing: They are made of nothing but doubts and questions; If thou […] est the gift of God, thou wouldst ask of him, and he would give thee Water of Life. John, 4. 10. Thou knowest not that thou art poor, and wretched, and […], and […], Rev. 3. 17. Those that are ignorant of the way, will […] […] any man, ask of any child: So a soul under […] […] and ignorances, will enquire of any Christian, ask of any Minister that may direct him in the way he should take.
They begin now to see the folly of their own conceits, 1and that confidence which in former times they had; how easily they could procure their own comfort, and how certainly without fail they could provide for the 〈…〉 of their own souls, and everlasting happiness; they said it; and thought what they said, that there needs not so much 〈…〉 to get to Heaven; at the time of 〈…〉, and before their departure draw on; it's but bewading sins, and seeking to God for mercy; Oh but when it comes too, they another matter of it than ever formerly they did , they at an utter loss with themselves, they know not what to take, which to turn; they know not, poor Creatures, how to come at a Christ; nay how to him, how to attain pardon or peace: And therefore now (though late it may be) they see they know not what to do, or how to turn their hand to any spiritual