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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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He now finds, that the presence of his sins only poisons 1all the Comforts he hath with a curse, and […] off the Hope and Expectation of any blessing from the hand of the Lord, in all the Dispensations, in the ways of Providences, or Ordinances, towards him, nothing can prosper; Why transgress ye the Commandment of the Lord, for ye cannot prosper? Sin stops the passage; and puts him beyond all possibility of […] or good […] to be extended towards him; for the Lords determination is past, and it's peremptory; there is no peace to the wicked, says my God, Isai. 57. 21. he hath said it, the word is past out of his mouth, and no […] can […] it. You know what a […] […] […] to the Messenger (the thing was so reasonable) What! peace, so long as the […] of thy mother […] remain, Jos. 7. 12. It's that which the Lord professeth, so peremptory; I […] be with you no more, except you destroy the […] thing from […] […] God […] his blessing and […], in all the […] of […] […]; for […] is the meaning he would not be with […] in […] Warring, in […] going forth, and coming in; he will not be with them in […], in receiving, praying, improving […] […]; […] shall not work, Prayer […], […] […], […] […] place; a man […] have them, but no […] in […], no Spirit with […] no Blessing upon them, no good from them at all. That which poisons all the […] […] […], and […] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] […] ⟨p. 617⟩[…], nay in truth the evil of all evils with it.
He now finds, that the presence of his sins only poysons 1all the Comforts he hath with a curse, and 〈…〉 off the Hope and Expectation of any blessing from the hand of the Lord, in al the Dispensations, in the waies of Providences, or Ordinances, towards him, nothing can prosper; Why transgress ye the Commandement of the Lord, for ye cannot prosper? Sin stops the passage; and puts him beyond al possibility of 〈…〉 or good 〈…〉 to be extended towards him; sor the Lords determination is past, and it's peremptory; there is no peace to the wicked, saies my God,