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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
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.
That thou mayest forever each day that passeth […] thy head, remember it to the Lord, and leave […] upon record in thy own Conscience; say, Hadst […] (blessed Lord) given me the desire of my […], and left me to my own will, its certain I had […] in Hell long before this day, when in the days […] my folly and times of my ignorance, when out […] the desperate wretchedness of my rebellious […], I was running riot in the ways of […], When I said to the Seers, See not; and to the 1Prophets, Prophesy not, to Christians, to […], to Governors, Admonish not, Counsel not, […] not, Stop me not in the pursuit of sin, The2 […] was I took hold of deceit and refused to return, […], resolved in the secret purpose of my own soul3 would none of thee, I would not have that Word […] thine reveal or remove my corruptions, I would […] of thy Grace that might humble me and purge […], none of that Mercy of thine that might pardon […], none of that Redemption of thine that might […], […] thou then […] me at my word, and […] me what I wished, and sealed up my […], saying, […] thou for ever filthy, forever […], and for ever miserable, thou wouldest neither […] holy nor happy, thou shalt have thy will, sin […] […], and take thy Portion with Devils, […], it had been just with thee, and I justly […].
That thou mayest forever each day that passeth 〈…〉 thy head, remember it to the Lord, and leave 〈…〉 upon record in thy own Conscience; say, Hadst 〈…〉 (blessed Lord) given me the desire of my 〈…〉, and left me to my own will, its certain I had 〈…〉 in Hell long before this day, when in the days 〈…〉 my folly and times of my ignorance, when out 〈…〉 the desperat wretchedness of my rebellious 〈…〉, I was running riot in the wayes of 〈…〉, When I said to the Seers, See not; and to the