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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 Soul thus continues wandering and seeking, till at last the Lord Christ comes into the Soul, when the Soul hath thus hungered and longed for him. At length the Lord Christ is pleased to show himself in view: Behold, the King cometh: so the Soul says, Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away thy Sins. O thou poor broken-hearted Sinner, here is thy Saviour; he is come down from Heaven to speak Peace to thy Soul in the Pardon of thy Sins. Thou that hungerest for a Christ, here he is to satisfy thee: Thou that thirsteth after Christ, here he is to refresh thee. Thou that hast long sought him, he saith, Here I am, and all my Merits are thine.
The Soul thus continues wandring and seeking, till at last the Lord Christ comes into the Soul, when the Soul hath thus hungred and longed for him. At length the Lord Christ is pleased to shew himself in view: Behold, the King cometh: so the Soul says, Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away thy Sins. O thou poor broken-hearted Sinner, here is thy Saviour; he is come down from Heaven to speak Peace to thy Soul in the Pardon of thy Sins. Thou that hungrest for a Christ, here he is to satisfy thee: Thou that thirsteth after Christ, here he is to refresh thee. Thou that hast long sought him, he saith, Here I am, and all my Merits are thine.
Now when the Lord Jesus is pleased to present himself to the Soul, now Desire hath met with the Lord.
It is in this Case with a Sinner, as it is with a Traitor who is pursued, and takes a strong Hold, and is there besieged: And now he seeth no hope of Favour, nor no hope of Escape; therefore he is content to submit, and lay his Head on the Block, that he may receive Punishment for his Offence: Now coming to Execution, he hears an inkling from the Messenger there is yet Hope he may be pardoned. The poor Traitor in the Prison, with that is stirred up to hope. Nay, then he hears by another Messenger from the