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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.
[…] […], thy woe, thy […], is Satan's wealth and substance, he hath what he […], and doth what he will, and thou art not troubled with any thing, nor wilt trouble him by seeking out for relief and deliverance, enquirest […] what thou mayest do to be rescued and […]; know, Satan hath his Armour on, and he seeks thy heart as his Palace, under his Sovereign Power and Command to this day; nor is there any preparation, nor the […] inkling or intimation of […] of that wretched […] of thine: thou […] in this secure condition as one that meddles not, hast nothing to do with the things of ⟨p. 567⟩Grace and Life. As it was said, Judges 17. 7. of the men of […], who dwelt careless, quiet, and secure, far from the Zidonians, and had no business with man: It's a Picture of this […] temper, and secure condition of thine, thou […] far from the state and grace of Glory; thou hast no business with Christians, with Ordinances, Officers; thou hast nothing to say, or to demand touching eternal Life; thou knowest nothing, yet enquirest not what thou shouldst do; hast nothing, yet […] not for help and succour; thou hast no business that appertains to Heaven with any man living, thy business lies not with the Word, and the Lord and his Word have as little to do with thee; that shows thy heart is not there, nor thy portion there. As each mans affection and expression of himself is where his employment lies, as […] as a Bee, they carry their businesses in their very Countenance, their words sound that way, their behaviour, look that way, every man hath something […] say in that which pleaseth, that which pincheth him, and questions go up and down, what shall we eat? and what shall we drink? and wherewith shall we be clothed? And yet we may hearken and hear (as Jeremiah speaks) and no man […], what have I done, what shall I do to be […]? Jer. 8. 6: Look into the Families where men live, observe the occasions with which men meddle, and employ themselves, […] of the persons with whom they converse, you […] scarce hear a question; every man is […] after the things that may suit his own […] heart, and yet seek not after the things that concern their peace: Look at men in their necessities, or take them in their employments, […] is no end of mens […]: In sickness we fill mens ears, weary mens hearts with enquiries what means […] be attended, what course taken up: