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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.
Again, To be wise above that which is written, is unlawful; and to do more than we have warrant for, is ever unacceptable to God: but the Lord in his Word requires no more before the Sacrament, but that a man should […] himself, and by the exercise of Faith and Repentance, gain assurance of the pardon of his sin, not go to confess his secret sin to another; therefore to do that, is more than Christ and the Gospel […], or God will accept.
Again, To be wise above that which is written, is unlawful; and to do more than we have warrant for, is ever unacceptable to God: but the Lord in his Word requires no more before the Sacrament, but that a man should 〈…〉 himself, and by the exercise of Faith and Repentance, gain assurance of the pardon of his sin, not go to confess his secret sin to another; therefore to do that, is more than Christ and the Gospel 〈…〉, or God wil accept.
When the soul lies under the guilt of secret sins, if the 1Lord in the use of all other means, denies either POWER or PEACE. Power to oppose and master the Corruption; so that still the soul is overborne by the violence and malignity of it. Or denies Peace, so that the old guilt returns afresh, after all prayers and confessions we make, cries and […] we put up in fervency and importunity unto the Lord: After the improvement of all means of Reformation and Repentance; yet the Lord, for Reasons best known to himself, denies to seal up the assurance of Love, and the forgiveness of sin unto the Conscience, then the Lord calls to this Duty of Confession, to such who are fitted and enabled to lend help and relief under God in such a case. That which the Lord hath promised to bestow, and we are bound to obtain, we are bound consequently ⟨p. 629⟩to use all […] means appointed by God for this purpose, that we may be made […] thereof. But the pardon of our […], the acceptation of our […], and the peace of our […], God hath promised to bestow, and we […] bound to obtain; therefore we must improve all means to this end. If then we find by experience that God is not pleased to dispense power or peace by our own […], on improvements of all means by our selves, he then calls us to use the help of the prayers and counsels of others, who are called the […] of