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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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As either a mans […] […] past and his […] determined in heaven: He was before […] worlds […], the […] is […] and the […] never to be reversed, or else the date of mercy is […], ⟨p. 604⟩and the day of grace is past here on Earth; God hath set a period to his patience, and long sufferance and those are expired; he will not always strive with man, and its not fit. nor reasonable he should: Jezebel had her time to repent, allowed by the Lord, and she repented not, and then God cast her into a bed of […] and slew her and her children, Jerusalem had a day of peace, Oh that thou […] the things that belong to thy peace in this thy day, but now they are hid from thine eyes; after the day was over, the darkness grew […] gross that she did not, nor could not see things before her eyes and this is thy condition just says Satan. So many motions of the spirit, so many checks of Conscience, so many […] and strokes under the ordinances, and yet out stood all, and so the time of mercy also, now it is too late. Or else surpriseth the thoughts of the distressed with the hideous apprehensions and remembrance of some hellish distemper of spirit unto which the sinner is privy; that its other and worse than ever he yet conceived, […] all circumstances considered, it amounts to no less than the sin against the holy Ghost, for if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more […] for sin, Hebr. 10. 26. and this is your case says Satan beyond all question, when after many motions of the spirit and persuasions cast in, many secret entreaties, many misgivings of heart, do not do so, do not do it, and yet you have despised the very spirit of Grace, you have been enlightened, and had many pleasant relishes of joy and peace under the good word of God, and yet fallen back again, and so fallen away, therefore its impossible you should be restored or renewed by repentance. Then should you pursue that which is impossible to be attained, this dams up all passages, he cannot endure to hear of any, or attain the use of any means when its impossible to receive any benefit by all that can be used.
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