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The saints guide, in three treatises
The saints guide, in three treatises; I. The mirror of mercy, on Gen. 6.13. II. The carnal mans condition, on Rom. 1.18. III. The plantation of the righteous, on Psa. l.3 / By Thomas Hooker minister in New-England.The saints guide, in three treatises; I. The mirror of mercie, on Gen. 6.13. II. The carnall mans condition, on Rom. 1.18. III. The plantation of the righteous, on Psa. l.3 / By Thomas Hooker minister in New-England.
London: printed for John Stafford over against Brids Church, 1645
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.
Quest. 1. First, What is the power of truth, or what would it work upon the soul, that wicked men oppose it?
Quest. 1. First, What is the power of truth, or what would it worke upon the soule, that wicked men oppose it?
Answ. The work and power of it will appear in sour particulars. .
Answ. The worke and power of it will appeare in soure particulars. .
1. First, it is a word of information, discovering things in their native, and proper colours, pulling off that visor that carnal reason hath put upon them, Prov. 6.23. For the Commandment is a Lantern, an instruction, a light; A Light is useful in a dark and narrow way; so is the word of God to direct us, and inform us, how to walk in the narrow path that leadeth unto life, by this a man is informed, what is ⟨p. 107⟩to be shunned, what to be followed, what is to be loved, what to be hated, A man cannot miscarry nor loose his way, so long as he is directed by the Light of the truth: as the Sun showeth all the moats that be in the house, so this discovers all the corrupt corners that be in the soul, all that envy, pride, hypocrisy, blasphemy, that lodgeth in the heart: Ephes. 5.13. But all things when they are reproved of the light, are manifest, for it is light that maketh all things manifest; A man may there be resolved in every doubtful case of conscience, the balance of the Sanctuary is that wherein we should weigh our thoughts, words, and works.