A44342:374
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
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.
This was the wound of the stony ground Hearers, 1[…] received the Word with joy, and yet had no root: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; Oh that's a word for ever to be received, Scarlet sinners may be pardoned, the heart is tickled with it, and so catcheth at it, merely out of their own […]: This […] false Application, and this I take to be the cause of the blind presumption of the unwelcome guest; Mat. 22. 12. Friend, how camest thou in hither, not […] thy Wedding Garment? He heard of the […] provided, and that the Lord kept open doors, and therefore he adventured to crowd in amongst the company, therefore our Saviour challengeth him, How camest thou in? If Coming here, was […], why should he be blamed? whether was not the wound therefore in a disorderly manner of believing and coming? He came in his own strength, and did not look to Christ to give him a heart to believe, it answers not the guise and wear at this Wedding, which is that the Lord must as well guide us in our coming and order that, as well as order the dainties he prepares, and […] us unto.
This was the wound of the stony ground Hearers, 1〈…〉 received the Word with joy, and yet had no root: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; Oh that's a word for ever to be received, Scarlet sinners may be pardoned, the heart is tickled with it, and so catcheth at it, meerly out of their own 〈…〉: This 〈…〉 false Application, and this I take to be the cause of the blind presumption of the unwelcome guest; Mat. 22. 12. Friend, how camest thou in hither, not 〈…〉 thy Wedding Garment? He heard of the 〈…〉 provided, and that the Lord kept open doors, and therefore he adventured to croud in amongst the company, therefore our Savior challengeth him, How camest thou in? If Coming here, was 〈…〉, why should he be blamed? whether was not the wound therefore in a disorderly manner of beleeving and coming? He came in his own strength, and did not look to Christ to give him a heart to beleeve, it answers not the guise and wear at this Wedding, which is that the Lord must as well guide us in our coming and order that, as well as order the dainties he prepares, and us unto.