A44342:1997
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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there is no stirring, no trading in Christianity; men cheapen not, enquire not after the purchase of the precious things of the Gospel, what shall I do to be quit of my self? what shall I do to be severed from my sins which have pestered me so long? prejudiced my peace so much, and if it continue, will be my ruin? As though Christ were taking the Charter of the Gospel from the present Generation, and were removing the Marks, there is no stirring, Trade is dead, men come dead, and sit so, and return so unto their Habitations, there is deep silence, […] shall not hear a word. What spiritual good they get, what they need, or what they desire; men are willing to do nothing, and therefore they will not enquire what they should do; certain it is, the Word never wrought kindly upon thee, nor prevailed with that carnal and hard heart of thine to this day in any saving […] for thy spiritual good: thou never knewest what it was to be loft, […] thou never hadst a stir of heart to enquire the way to Zion, it's made an Argument ⟨p. 566⟩of a man in the bonds of […], in the depth of his […] distemper, […]. 3. 11. They have no […], […] do they seek after God; and it's made an evidence of Satan's Rule, Luke, 11. 21. When […] strong […] keeps the Palace, all his goods are at peace; but when a stronger comes and […] him, he takes from him all his Armour wherein be trusts, and divides 1the spoil. The House and Palace, is the Heart and Spirit of a sinner; his […] and Furniture, are2 all those noisome lusts by which he […] […], and exerciseth […] power in the sinner; and as the Apostle saith, fighteth against the soul; as despair is the Head-piece; unrighteous, and careless, and unconscionable walking, is the […]; carnal Reason the Sword; Unbelief the Shield; and an indisposition of heart to yield to the terms […] the […], is that whereby the sinner is prepared to walk in the way of […], his feet shod, sit for every evil work. While Satan is […] furnished with the Armour of Darkness, all his goods are at peace, he doth without any trouble, act the soul, and wrong the Comfort and happiness of the soul, and so the Honour of the Lord; […] […] his goods, it's all he desires, endeavours, takes as the gain of his Labour and Diligence in his Temptations: Doth Satan act thee by his Temptations, and so increase both thy guilt and ruin thereby? […] are […] his goods in peace?