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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.
And this Absolute Necessity, may be conceived in Three things:
There is no terms of toleration of sin, which can be §1proposed; there be no Articles of Agreement which can be offered, no way of Composition that can come into consideration: As suppose I may have with secrecy, with quiet, with credit; nay, suppose my Conscience would not trouble me; yea, the Lord abate me of his Anger for the while; nay, I may suck out the sweetness of it without any suspicion, without any vexation or distraction to my self for the while. No, this will not do the deed, nor […] the turn, if I have all these, and have my sin, and be a slave to that. No, their complaint is of the […] of […], not of the want of these, Mark, 9. 49. If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out; if thy foot offend thee, cut […] off: it's better to go […] […] Heaven, than having both eyes and feet to go to Hell. So the […] would be content to be maimed in credit, quiet, comfort.
There is no terms of tolleration of sin, which can be §1proposed; there be no Articles of Agreement which can be offered, no way of Composition that can come into consideration: As suppose I may have with secresie, with quiet, with credit; nay, suppose my Conscience would not trouble me; yea, the Lord abate me of his Anger for the while; nay, I may suck out the sweetness of it without any suspicion, without any vexation or distraction to my self for the while. No, this will not do the deed, nor 〈…〉 the turn, if I have al these, and have my sin, and be a slave to that. No, their complaint is of the 〈…〉 of 〈…〉, not of the want of these, Mark, 9. 49. If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out; if thy foot offend thee, cut off: it's better to go Heaven, than having both eyes and feet to go to Hell. So the would be content to be maimed in credit, quiet, comfort.