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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.
He would […] […] his evil, let him perish in it, he would not […] reformed, let him be for ever accursed: So that […] sinner conceives himself past hope and help, looks […] very hour and moment to be turned off the […] For as a man arrested for one debt, may be a […] some few pounds, many thousands are presently […] ⟨p. 371⟩[…] upon him, all Creditors come in, with Bill after […], so that as a man utterly undone, lie he may, and […] he must, but to be delivered he cannot once look.
He would 〈…〉 〈…〉 his evil, let him perish in it, he would not 〈…〉 reformed, let him be for ever accursed: So that 〈…〉 sinner conceives himself past hope and help, looks 〈…〉 very hour and moment to be turned off the 〈…〉 For as a man arrested for one debt, may be a 〈…〉 some few pounds, many thousands are presently 〈…〉 ⟨p. 371⟩〈…〉 upon him, al Creditors come in, with Bill after 〈…〉, so that as a man utterly undone, lie he may, and 〈…〉 he must, but to be delivered he cannot once look.
So the […] being under the arrest of Conscience for the transgression of the Law, the Gospel now comes in upon the sinner, his Bill comes in fresh upon him, he is arrested at the suit of Patience which […] hath abused, of Mercy, which he hath slighted, long Sufferance, which he hath perverted; they all […] for Justice, Justice Lord against this sinful […]. So that the sinner conceives himself in the […] of the Devil really, and irrecoverably in Hell. Lo, says the sinner, The Devil, the Devil; there he is, he is come for me. When he lies panting upon his sick-bed, if he do but close his eyes together to sleep, his dreams […] him, his thoughts […] him, and he awakens gastered and distracted, as though he were posting down to the pit, he […] up, and Raves; Why go then; I must go. His Friends pity him, weep over him, and endeavour to […] him, Why, you are in your bed, and amongst your dear Friends, Whither will you go? I must go […] Hell, Satan is sent from God to fetch me; Oh my stubbornness, my carelessness, my contempt of the Lord and his Truth, hath justly brought me to this. Why, but there is yet Grace and Mercy; Oh! it had been happy for me I had never had the offer of Grace and Mercy; Its Mercy that I have rejected, and Grace that I have opposed, and cast all the compassions of the Lord behind my back, to follow my […] Courses. And with what face can I beg Mercy who have abused it? crave Grace who have opposed […]? He cannot be saved that Mercy cannot but […], and Mercy should be unmerciful to its […] if […] should not cast away him that hath cast away it: But do you now judge so? and would you now do