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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.
Nay, it may be thou shalt not only not find what […] […], and that with some eagerness, which is […] state miserable enough, but shalt not have a heart […] much as once to seek for Mercy, as many […] have, and Hypocrites do; and this is a […] next to the damned in Hell, unconceivably […]. This was Jerusalems case just as the Lord […] it, Oh that thou hadst known at least in […] thy Day, the things belonging to thy peace, but […] they are hid from thine eyes, Luke 19. 42. Christ […] now weeping over the City, preaching his farewell […] amongst them, yea, now come to die amongst them: the presence of the Means makes the Plague more remarkable, when through Gods just judgment for their contempt of the truth, they have eyes but they are made dim and see not, they have ears but […] heavy and hear not, and hearts made hard even […] the blessed Ministry of the Gospel, and so they understand not; they have all before their eyes, and […] all hid from their eyes: The like Curse the Lord usually pours out upon the hellish despisers of the Doctrine of Grace, deliver them up to blind minds, and seared Consciences, reprobate senses, that they who shut their eyes against the power of Gods Ordinances, should never see nor be […] of, either that or their own misery, which is the […] misery of all.
Nay, it may be thou shalt not only not find what 〈…〉 〈…〉, and that with some eagerness, which is 〈…〉 state miserable enough, but shalt not have a heart 〈…〉 much as once to seek for Mercy, as many 〈…〉 have, and Hypocrites do; and this is a 〈…〉 next to the damned in Hell, unconceivably 〈…〉. This was Jerusalems case just as the Lord 〈…〉 it, Oh that thou hadst known at least in 〈…〉 thy Day, the things belonging to thy peace, but 〈…〉 they are hid from thine eyes, Luke 19. 42. Christ 〈…〉 now weeping over the City, preaching his farewel amongst them, yea, now come to die amongst them: the presence of the Means makes the Plague more remarkable, when through Gods just judgment for their contempt of the truth, they have eyes but they are made dim and see not, they have ears but heavy and hear not, and hearts made hard even the blessed Ministery of the Gospel, and so they understand not; they have all before their eyes, and all hid from their eyes: The like Curse the Lord usually pours out upon the hellish despisers of the Doctrine of Grace, deliver them up to blind minds, and seared Consciences, reprobate senses, that they who shut their eyes against the power of Gods Ordinances, should never see nor be of, either that or their own misery, which is the misery of all.