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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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And so also thou mayest suppose a Man that hath promised to undertake some Business for a Friend, and in the End it proves somewhat troublesome, and therefore he wishes his Friend to take it again into his own Hands; for it is very troublesome: But a Man will leave it to him, and say, He hath engaged himself to do it, and he will not look after it; I will not meddle with it any more. So whatever it is that is in God's royal Prerogative, leave it with God, and do not meddle with it; let God now look to it; leave it to his Faithfulness and Power to accomplish it. So did Abraham, Rom. 4.16,—20. Who against Hope [or, above] Hope, believed in [or, under] Hope, that he should become the Father of many Nations. Sarah's Womb was barren, and his Body dead, and yet he must have a Son: And therefore he sets God's Power a-work, and saith, ver. 21. Lord, this Body is dead, and Sarah is barren: There is no Help here: But thou art able, and thou hast engaged thy self to do it. You see he sets God's Power to work, and puts over all the Weight and Burden of the Care upon the Lord. And therefore says Mordecai, Esther 4.14. If thou altogether holdest thy Peace at this Time, Enlargement and Deliverance shall come from some other Place. He was resolved that God had Deliverance for his Church, and would not deny his Truth. ⟨p. 128⟩Salvation will come, saith the Text. He knows not the Place or the Means: But he knows Salvation will come. So set thou God's Power and Faithfulness to work, and not thy own Care: Commit it to the Lord, and cast thy Care upon him, so far as concerns the Burden of it. This is the first Direction.
And so also thou mayest suppose a Man that hath promised to undertake some Business for a Friend, and in the End it proves somewhat troublesome, and therefore he wishes his Friend to take it again into his own Hands; for it is very troublesome: But a Man will leave it to him, and say, He hath engaged himself to do it, and he will not look after it; I will not meddle with it any more. So whatever it is that is in God's royal Prerogative, leave it with God, and do not meddle with it; let God now look to it; leave it to his Faithfulness and Power to accomplish it. So did Abraham, Rom. 4.16