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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 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 ⟨p. 372⟩so as formerly? you have conceived the greatest […] in your sinful distempers, pleased your self in your pride, and looseness, and vanities, taken content in your Corruptions, in casting away the holy Commands of God: Would you give your self the like Liberty? Or can you take the […] Comfort in the same ways now? Oh no: I now see how sin hath deceived me, and mine own corrupt heart hath cozened my self, that which was my pleasure and delight, is now my plague, my poison: but would you be content to part with these, and take Grace and Mercy in the room of them? Oh that I might: but there is no reason that I should expect it, […] God should do it. Why, if you would have mercy, God will show you mercy:
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 sleighted, long Sufferance, which he hath perverted; they al for Justice, Justice Lord against this sinful . So that the sinner conceives himself in the of the Devil really, and irrecoverably in Hell. Lo, saies 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 pitty him, weep over him, and endeavor to him, Why, you are in your bed, and amongst your dear Friends, Whither wil you go? I must go Hell, Satan is sent from God to fetch me; Oh my stubbornness, my carelesness, 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 al 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