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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.
That stubbornness and rebellious resistance of their 1wills out of the sovereignty whereof, they durst set themselves against God and heaven, is now tamed and subdued. So that they dare not gainsay but become pliable to the holy and acceptable will of God, and ready to take the impression of his good pleasure, when it appears and is presented before them; The hardest pebble when it is broken and […] to powder, it will take any impression that is put upon it, So Job joins these two Job. 23. 15. 16. Job is afraid of Gods presence, for God hath melted or made my heart soft and the Almighty hath troubled me, and hence when God had schooled him out of the whirlwind and tamed the stiffness and perverseness of his spirit, see how he yields himself to Gods hand, to do any thing with him, even works like wax, Behold I am vile, once have I spoken but I will say no inore, twice but I will proceed no further.
That stubbornness and rebellious resistance of their 1wills out of the soveraignty whereof, they durst set themselves against God and heaven, is now tamed and subdued. So that they dare not gainsay but become plyable to the holy and acceptable wil of God, and ready to take the impression of his good pleasure, when it appears and is presented before them; The hardest peble when it is broken and 〈…〉 to pouder, it wil take any impression that is put upon it, So Job joynes these two Job. 23. 15. 16. Job is afraid of Gods presence, for God hath melted or made my heart soft and the Almighty hath troubled me, and hence when God had schooled him out of the whirlwind and tamed the stiffness and perversness of his spirit, see how he yields himself to Gods hand, to do any thing with him, even works like wax, Behold I am vile, once have I spoken but I wil say no inore, twice but I wil proceed no further.
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