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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.
you shall answer for these sins before the Judg of the World, and so follows him home to his house, and to his bed, and […] violent hands upon him, and drags him before the Tribunal of the Lord, and there indites and accuseth him; Lord, this is the man, an Enemy to thy Majesty, a Traitor against the Truth, that hath conspired with Sin and Satan, and his secret Lusts against the blood of Jesus, and the power of Grace and Godliness: What? is this He that hath born a privy grudge against the power of the Word, a spleen against the Saints, that hath committed such and such sins? Yea Lord, He hath done so, and been so, at such a time, and such a place, in such a company, he hath been guilty of such abominations; nay (says Conscience) you know that I know, such a night, what privy plottings, and cunning conspiracies your heart, and your lusts, your pride and […], and uncleanness had, what consultations you had against the Lord: take him therefore horror & anguish of heart, keep him in bondage & thraldom, until he be content to repent, to take shame, and bid an everlasting […] to […] […]: with that the flashes of Hell fire seize upon his soul, the venom of the vengeance of the Lord pursues him, his Arrows stick fast in him, and the poison thereof […] up his […]: the galls and stabs of Conscience make him bleed inwardly: ⟨p. 369⟩so […] all his friends, delights, comforts, […], corruptions, cannot bail him, or pluck […] this hook of horror out of his heart: And thus […] poor sinner like a Malefactor goes up and down […] his Jailer, an accusing Conscience to attend […]; the chains of darkness, of horror and guilt to […] and give him, that he becomes weary of his […], and not worth the ground he goes on: until he […] to confessing, bewailing, repenting, reforming, […], yea, engaging himself to his Conscience, […] that as in Gods sight, that if he will abate his […], he will obey his commands, listen to his […], and yield unto whatever either it shall reveal […] him, or require of him. So that Conscience seems […] be quieted for the while, and abates the soul of […] overbearing horror, lets him out of prison upon […] sufficient bail.
you shal answer for these sins before the Judg of the World, and so follows him home to his house, and to his bed, and 〈…〉 violent hands upon him, and drags him before the Tribunal of the Lord, and there indites and accuseth him; Lord, this is the man, an Enemy to thy Majesty, a Traytor against the Truth, that hath conspired with Sin and Satan, and his secret Lusts against the blood of Jesus, and the power of Grace and Godliness: What? is this He that hath born a privy grudg against the power of the Word, a spleen against the Saints, that hath committed such and such sins? Yea Lord, He hath done so, and been so, at such a time, and such a place, in such a company, he hath been guilty of such abominations; nay (saies Conscience) you know that I know, such a night, what privy plottings, and cunning conspiracies your heart, and your lusts, your pride and , and uncleanness had, what consultations you had against the Lord: take him therfore horror & anguish of heart, keep him in bondage & thraldom, until he be content to repent, to take shame, and bid an everlasting to : with that the flashes of Hell fire seize upon his soul, the venom of the vengeance of the Lord pursues him, his Arrows stick fast in him, and the poyson thereof up his : the galls and stabs of Conscience make him bleed inwardly: