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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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Arriving in HOLLAND, he was invited to a Settlement with Mr. Paget at Amsterdam: But being secretly willing Mr. Hooker should not accept the Invitation, he went to Delft; where he was most kindly received by Mr. Forbs an aged and holy Scotch Minister, under whose Ministry many English Merchants were then settled. Mr. Forbs manifested a strong Desire to enjoy the Fellowship of Mr. Hooker in the Work of the Gospel; which he did about two Years: In all which Time they lived like Brethren. At the End of two Years, he had a Call to Rotterdam; which he the more readily accepted, because it renewed his Acquaintance ⟨p. 8⟩with his invaluable Dr. Ames, who had newly left his Place, [viz. Professor of Divinity] in the Frisian University. With him Mr. Hooker spent the Residue of his Time in Holland, and assisted him in composing some of his Discourses: For such was the Regard which Dr. Ames had for him, that notwithstanding his vast Ability and Experience; yet when he came to the Narrow of any Question about the instituted Worship of GOD, he would still profess himself conquered by Mr. Hooker's Reason; declaring that tho' he had been acquainted with many Scholars of divers Nations, yet he never met with Mr. Hooker's Equal, either for Preaching or for Disputing.
Arriving in HOLLAND, he was invited to a Settlement with Mr. Paget at Amsterdam: But being secretly willing Mr. Hooker should not accept the Invitation, he went to Delft; where he was most kindly receiv'd by Mr. Forbs an aged and holy Scotch Minister, under whose Ministry many English Merchants were then settled. Mr. Forbs manifested a strong Desire to enjoy the Fellowship of Mr. Hooker in the Work of the Gospel; which he did about two Years: In all which Time they lived like Brethren. At the End of two Years, he had a Call to Rotterdam; which he the more readily accepted, because it renewed his Acquaintance ⟨p. 8⟩with his invaluable Dr. Ames, who had newly left his Place, [viz. Professor of Divinity] in the Frisian University. With him Mr. Hooker spent the Residue of his Time in Holland, and assisted him in composing some of his Discourses: For such was the Regard which Dr. Ames had for him, that notwithstanding his vast Ability and Experience; yet when he came to the Narrow of any Question about the instituted Worship of GOD, he would still profess himself conquered by Mr. Hooker's Reason; declaring that tho' he had been acquainted with many Scholars of divers Nations, yet he never met with Mr. Hooker's Equal, either for Preaching or for Disputing.