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The poor doubting Christian drawn to Christ. Wherein the main hindrances, which keep men…
The poor doubting Christian drawn to Christ. Wherein the main hindrances, which keep men from coming to Christ, are discovered. : With special helps to recover God's favour. / By Thomas Hooker. ; With an abstract of the author's life. ; [Four lines from Isaiah]
Boston: printed by Green for D. Henchman, 1743
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THE Poor doubting Christian Drawn to CHRIST. › Chapter 2 › How to see Sin aright.
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Object. But what? Shall I have Mercy? No, no, (saith the poor doubting Heart) Will the Lord Jesus accept me? No, surely. Could I pray so, and so, and had I these and those Parts, and could I perform Duties after this and that Manner, then there were some Hope; but all is contrary, and therefore woe and alas, there is no Mercy for me.
Object. But what? Shall I have Mercy? No, no, (saith the poor doubting Heart) Will the Lord Jesus accept me? No, surely. Could I pray so, and so, and had I these and those Parts, and could I perform Duties after this and that Manner, then there were some Hope; but all is contrary, and therefore wo and alas, there is no Mercy for me.
Answ. But to answer this also, Let me tell thee, whoever thou art, that God invites thee in particular, as by Name, and that all the Sweetness in Christ, and in his precious Promises appertain to thy Soul, and thou hast as great an Interest in them as any Servant of God in the World whatsoever.
No, no, saith the trembling Soul, I cannot believe that such a Wretch as I, shall, or can go to Heaven. It cannot be. Heaven shall rather fall than I come there. Thus the discouraged Sinner knocks for Mercy, and shuts the Door against himself.