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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 8
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.
So it is with Conscience, when by the crowd and […] of many accursed lusts and corruptions, […] eye is blinded, the edge dulled, the commands of […] corned, so that men make a mock of conscience, […]? your Conscience will not serve you, your […] will not suffer you, to lye, to laze, to […], to deceive, your Conscience will not allow it, […] you make a fool of your […]? what care […] for Conscience or you either, I will do what I like, what I list for all Conscience: Thus a company of […] imprison the High Sheriff, or beset his house; […] when God shall awaken Conscience, and quicken […], and renew the Commission in the hand of […], so that it comes enlightened and armed with […] from Heaven, he then makes open […] to the sinner, forewarns and threatens the […], thou that hast had no care of the […] of God, but slighted all Directions and […] of his Word; be it known unto thee by […] received from Heaven, I charge thee in the Name of the Lord Jesus, as thou wilt answer it at that great Day, upon pain of everlasting Damnation, take heed of these sins, and lay down these rebellions, and withal shows his Warrant: and look here 2 Thess. 1. 8. The Lord Jesus will come in slamming fire to render vengeance against all that know not God, and obey not the Gospel; take heed therefore of this disobedience against the Gospel, you will rue it eternally else: and lo here again, Prov. 29. 1. He that being often reproved hardeneth his heart, shall suddenly be consumed, and that without remedy: thou hast been often reproved for these and ⟨p. 364⟩[…] ⟨p. 365⟩[…] ⟨p. 366⟩these evils, and still thy heart is hardened against all Reproofs, take heed lest sudden destruction come upon thee: So again 1 Cor. 6. 9. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God? Be not deceived, neither Fornicators, nor Idolaters, nor Adulterers, nor Effeminate, nor Abusers of themselves with man-kind, nor Thieves, nor Covetous, nor Drunkards, nor Revilers, […] Extortioners, shall inherit the Kingdom of God. Do not you know this (saith Conscience) have not I often told you of this? have not I warned you of it? and yet thou art still guilty of these and these evils. Thus Conscience comes armed with Evidence and Authority of the Truth; like the Angel with a drawn sword in his hand, stands as the Watch-man to give warning, he still minds and remembers the sinner of his ways, and of Gods righteous Judgments: