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The danger of desertion or, A farewell sermon of Mr. Thomas Hooker, sometimes minister…The danger of desertion or, A farvvell sermon of Mr. Thomas Hooker, sometimes minister…
The danger of desertion or, A farewell sermon of Mr. Thomas Hooker, sometimes minister of Gods Word at Chainsford in Essex; but now of New England. Preached immediately before his departure out of England. Together with ten particular rules to be practised every day by converted Christians.The danger of desertion or, A farvvell sermon of Mr. Thomas Hooker, sometimes minister of Gods Word at Chainsford in Essex; but now of New England. Preached immediately before his departure out of England. Together with ten particular rules to be practised every day by converted Christians.
London: printed by G. M. for George Edwards, 1641
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.
The third part of the rule of the new Creature.
4. Labour to draw and derive from Christ by the pulling attractive force of faith, special ability sufficient for the day: First, to perform all duties: secondly, to exercise all grace in the day: thirdly, to resist and overcome all temptations and corruptions which shall befall thee in the day, make thy provision of grace and strength from Christ, every morning fetch so much as you shall have occasion to use all the day long; yea, and in all occasions that shall fall out on the day; Go to Christ still for the wisdom that must direct thee; for the holiness which must carry thee, and characterise thee; for the ⟨p. 25⟩shoulder that must bear thee: If they be crosses, for the strength that must sustain them: If they be temptations, perform them: If they be duties, act thy faith daily on the promises of grace and strength, as John 1.16. Ezek. 36.27. Isa. 44.3. Zach. 10.12. These are securities given thee from God, that thou shal• receive grace through the Ordinancer, which are the conduit-pipes, or instruments of conveying the same into the soul from Christ: This is to do all in the strength of Christ, and to take forth a great deal of Christ into the soul every day, that not thou, but Christ may be in thee, Gal. 2.20.
4. Labour to draw and derive from Christ by the pulling attractive force of faith, speciall ability sufficient for the day: First, to performe all duties: secondly, to exercise all grace in the day: thirdly, to resist and overcome all temptations and corruptions which shall befall thee in the day, make thy provision of grace and strength from Christ, every morning fetch so much as you shall have occasion to use all the day long; yea, and in all occasions that shall fall out on the day; Goe to Christ still for the wisedome that must direct thee; for the holinesse which must carry thee, and characterise thee; for the