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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.
when we see the mountains of Pride, high and lofty imaginations levelled, crooked perverseness of our own spirits taken off, and we made meek and tractable, then there is some hope that Salvation will appear unto us; but if any man will yet rear up mighty Bulwarks, and strong holds of rebellion, and hardness of heart, and1 maintain those high imaginations, sturdy distempers of pride, security and carnal confidence; he must know whoever he be, that as yet he is not within the ken of mercy, and though he look until his eyes […] in his head, and his heart […] in his body, he […] never come within a true sight of Salvation, much less may he think ever to be made partaker of it; why? confer with thy own conscience; Dost thou think it fit the King should lie in the Truckle-bed under a company of Traitors? Is it reasonable the Lord […] should be an […] to thy lusts? No certainly, the ⟨p. 166⟩gods that thou hast obeyed; by those thou must be saved: thou would have thy lusts, but reject Christ, thou shalt perish with them, but the presence of the Lord Jesus thou canst not enjoy; Let the […] man forsake his way and the unrighteous man […] […] and return unto the Lord for he will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55. 7.
when we see the mountains of Pride, high and lofty imaginations levelled, crooked perversness of our own spirits taken off, and we made meek and tractable, then there is some hope that Salvation will appear unto us; but if any man will yet rear up mighty Bulwarks, and strong holds of rebellion, and hardness of heart, and1 maintain those high imaginations, sturdy distempers of pride, security and carnal confidence; he must know whoever he be, that as yet he is not within the ken of mercy, and though he look until his eyes 〈…〉 in his head, and his heart 〈…〉 in his body, he 〈…〉 never come within a true sight of Salvation, much less may he think ever to be made partaker of it; why? confer with thy own conscience; Dost thou think it fit the King should lie in the Truckle-bed under a company of Traitors? Is it reasonable the Lord should be an to thy lusts? No certainly, the