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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 7
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 Demetrius his Trade was […] to fall, he could not want his gain, and […] not renounce his Idol, all is in an uproar, Acts, […] there was an outcry by the space of two hours, […] is Diana of the Ephesians; they would not […] with their Gain, nor with their […]. So […] dealt with Stephen when he came close to them, […] discovered the rebellion of their hearts and lives; Acts, 7. They were not able to bear it, but stop […] Ears, and run upon him, and he must lose his […] rather than they be disturbed in their lusts: this […] the guise of the heart of every Natural man who […] not willing to part with his sin.
When Demetrius his Trade was 〈…〉 to fall, he could not want his gain, and 〈…〉 not renounce his Idol, all is in an uproar, Acts, 〈…〉 there was an outcry by the space of two hours, 〈…〉 is Diana of the Ephefians; they would not 〈…〉 with their Gain, nor with their 〈…〉. So 〈…〉 dealt with Stephen when he came close to them, 〈…〉 discovered the rebellion of their hearts and lives; Acts, 7. They were not able to bear it, but stop 〈…〉 Ears, and run upon him, and he must lose his 〈…〉 rather than they be disturbed in their lusts: this 〈…〉 the guise of the heart of every Natural man who 〈…〉 not willing to part with his sin.
If the sinner be seriously willing to part with […] sin, he is restless, and unsatisfied until it be […] and taken away from him, he finds nothing that […] can have any sweet contentment in as long as he […] that distemper which is cross to his will, and Gods will also. As Haman when he had all the caps in the Country uncovered to him, and all knees […] before him, yet all this was nothing to him, […] avails all this (says he) so long as I see Mordecai […] in the Kings Gate?