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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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his Stock is good and great, and his Skill is sufficient, and his Pennyworth shall be as reasonable as any others, and his Acquaintance are many: Then GOD blasts all these, and then he comes to the Promise, as in Psal. 1.3. Whatsoever the Righteous doth, it shall prosper: Hold here now, and say, I expect all from the Promise, Mercy and Succour from the Promise. This was the course that Jacob took, Gen. 32.9. first he wrestled with GOD and overcame him; then he wrestled with his Brother Esau, and saith, O God of my Father ⟨p. 112⟩Abraham, and God of my Father Isaac, which saidst unto me, Return into thine own Country, and I will do thee good; I am not worthy the least of all thy Mercies: Lord deliver me from the hand of my Brother Esau, for I fear him. Thus he wrestled with the LORD by Virtue of a Promise, overcame him, and then overcame his Brother Esau. So Heb. 13.5. Let your Conversation be without COVETOUSNESS; and be content with such Things as ye have: But how will you have help against this Covetousness? A Man would have said thus; You have got a good Portion, and but little Charge, and many Friends: But GOD takes such a Course as this; for he saith, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. And thus when I have chased away Doubting, then Faith is ready, and the Shield is scoured.
his Stock is good and great, and his Skill is sufficient, and his Pennyworth shall be as reasonable as any others, and his Acquaintance are many: Then GOD blasts all these, and then he comes to the Promise, as in Psal. 1.3. Whatsoever the Righteous doth, it shall prosper: Hold here now, and say, I expect all from the Promise, Mercy and Succour from the Promise. This was the course that Jacob took, Gen. 32.9. first he wrestled with GOD and overcame him; then he wrestled with his Brother Esau, and saith, O God of my Father ⟨p. 112⟩