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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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All the World shall never persuade me to it. Mark what I say: This is merely thy Pride and Self-willedness, that will not receive that Good which God is willing to give thee. But repent, or this Pride of thy pettish Heart will cost thee dear, one Day; I wish not.
All the World shall never perswade me to it. Mark what I say: This is meerly thy Pride and Self-willedness, that will not receive that Good which God is willing to give thee. But repent, or this Pride of thy pettish Heart will cost thee dear, one Day; I wish not.
Object. But some will say, How can you make this Pride? We are ever complaining of, and condemning our selves; and can this be Pride?
Answ. Yes, I say, (and mark what I say) it is intolerable Pride against the Majesty of Heaven: And this I make good by these two Things. For,
1. First, For a Man to follow his own Conceits and Self-willedness against the Truth, the Force of Reason, and the Witness of the Servants of God, and his own Conscience, cannot but be Pride.