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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.
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Though the case be dangerous, and their condition miserable, they do not cast away all as though it were utterly impossible; they do not say, Men and […], there can nothing be done; we see nothing our selves, and we […] you discern nothing, and we ⟨p. 597⟩conclude there […] […] […] will […] can do any good. Nay, their words seem to issue from another principle and foundation, what shall we do? q. d. there may be ways we see […], […] of […] which […] through our folly and ignorance of this condition, and unacquaintedness with the dealings of the Almighty, and his special and mysterious Dispensations with the sons of men, do not conceive, nor can they come so easily and readily within our reach and apprehension; yet we suppose, you that are the Seers of Israel, and the Spiritual Physicians to the souls of […], sinful Creatures: you that are of Gods Counsel, and acquainted with his secrets, we should yet think it, there is yet something to be done; Oh that we may know it, and that direction that may do us good. So that there is a secret kind of unknown expectation in their hearts, as presuming there is some course to be taken for their cute and comfort. It is true, sometimes there be strong assaults of […] […] in by […], strong Suggestions of impossibilities, which of a sudden seem to […] over the soul; when after long strife and […] held against our corruptions, we are frequently and desperately foiled with the violence of our own distempers, and our own […], the sinner out of height […] too much […] of Spirit, is ready to […] away all. I shall one day perish: All men are Liars. The soul tired with extremity, and by constant consideration, as it perceives; so it supposeth its condition forlorn, upon a sudden push; may lay aside all, willing to look no further; the Lord by this means in his infinite wisdom, out of the deceit of our carnal Reason, and by a present pang and out-rage of […], doth crush and confound all the pride and […] of […] Reason, which by no other way happily could so easily be quelled; when our own carnal […] conclude according to our misguided […], there is no way of escape, or means to shift. Where is now your wit that thought ⟨p. 598⟩to […], your power that thought you were able to […] up your […]?
Though the case be dangerous, and their condition miserable, they do not cast away all as though it were utterly impossible; they do not say, Men and , there can nothing be done; we see nothing our selves, and we you discern nothing, and we