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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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Culpable Ignorance, OR, The danger of Ignorance under Means.
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.
For the ground of the point a little. You will ask, Is it it possible that there should be such senseless ignorance in the hearts of men that live in the bosom of the Church, and that any who partake of the Ordinances, and the means of salvation, should yet remain a people of no understanding?
For the ground of the point a little. You will ask, Is it it possible that there should be such sencelesse ignorance in the hearts of men that live in the bosome of the Church, and that any who partake of the Ordinances, and the means of salvation, should yet remain a people of no understanding?
Alas, my brethren, the truth is, it is too too evident. We can speak of great matters, and (as the Apostle saith) we think we know something, but this I am sure of, that though we have lived long under the means, and have enjoyed abundance of light, yet notwithstanding if a man should go from house to house, even in this City where the means of knowledge are more then ordinary, he should find a marvellous poor deal of sanctifying and saving knowledge, yea, I do assure you, of any reasonable common knowledge in matters of Religion. If you ask, What is the ground of all this? I will answer briefly in two or three words.
Alas, my brethren, the truth is, it is too too evident. We can speak of great matters, and (as the Apostle saith) we thinke we know something, but this I am sure of, that though wee have lived long under the means, and have enjoyed abundance of light, yet notwithstanding if a man should go from house to house, even in this City where the means of knowledge are more then ordinary, he should find a marvellous poor deal of sanctifying and saving knowledge, yea, I doe assure you, of any reasonable common knowledge in matters of Religion. If you ask, What is the ground of all this? I will answer briefly in two or three words.