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The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. /…The saints dignitie and dutie· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardnesse. /…
The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. / Delivered in several sermons: by that reverend divine, Thomas Hooker, late preacher in New-England.The saints dignitie and dutie· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardnesse. / Delivered in severall sermons: by that reverend divine, Thomas Hooker, late preacher in New-England.
London: printed by G.D. for Francis Eglesfield, 1651
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Thus I have as briefly as I can, showed you how you may try your selves, whether you have this death of sin, and life of righteousness, that is in all those in whom the Lord Jesus Christ is.
Thus I have as briefly as I can, shewed you how you may trie your selves, whether you have this death of sin, and life of righteousnesse, that is in all those in whom the Lord Jesus Christ is.
Now then (my brethren) be exhorted I beseech you in the fear of God, to put in practise, and to make use of this Touchstone, and looking-glass. It is of use to all of us, not only to you that are the people of God, but to you that are not; not only to you that are not, but to you that are the people of God. These touchstones of the Scripture, these ⟨p. 67⟩scales and weights of the Sanctuary, they are of use to all sorts of people.
Now then (my brethren) be exhorted I beseech you in the fear of God, to put in practise, and to make use of this Touchstone, and looking-glasse. It is of use to all of us, not onely to you that are the people of God, but to you that are not; not onely to you that are not, but to you that are the people of God. These touchstones of the Scripture, these ⟨p. 67⟩scales and weights of the Sanctuarie, they are of use to all sorts of people.
First, To you that have the truth of grace in you, it is of great use to you to try your selves by, for by often trial you come to be settled and assured of the truth of your grace: And for want of this, you want the comfort of your interest in the Lord Christ, the comfort of your justification, and of your sanctification, and consequently of your salvation: You cannot but want comfort, so long as you want assured Evidences of the truth of grace in you.