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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
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Secondly, Because a carnal minded man, cannot take pleasure in any thing if he be debarred ⟨p. 127⟩of his liberty of sinning, he accounts it a plague & vexation to live under a stirring Ministry, or in a Godly family, where he dares not wallow in sin as he would, Oh, how tedious is it; Hence how will he rejoice, when the Godly, (who are the Pillars of the Land) are removed, Revel. 11.10. When the two witnesses are killed, Then they that dwell upon the earth, shall rejoice over them, and be glad, and shall send gifts one to another: because these two Prophets vexed them that dwelt on the earth; The Gospel of Christ is not only a stumbling block but an affliction to the world, and the Ministry thereof, is the savour of death unto death to those that perish. 2. Cor. 2.16.
Secondly, Because a carnall minded man, cannot take pleasure in any thing if he be debarred ⟨p. 127⟩of his liberty of sinning, he accounts it a plague & vexation to live under a stirring Ministery, or in a Godly family, where he dares not wallow in sinne as he would, Oh, how tedious is it; Hence how will he rejoyce, when the Godly, (who are the Pillars of the Land) are removed, Revel. 11.10. When the two witnesses are killed, Then they that dwell upon the earth, shall rejoyce over them, and be glad, and shall send gifts one to another: because these two Prophets vexed them that dwelt on the earth; The Gospell of Christ is not onely a stumbling block but an affliction to the world, and the Ministery thereof, is the savour of death unto death to those that perish. 2. Cor. 2.16.