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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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So there you have the first Ground to stir up Hope; thy Sins are pardonable. There is more Power in God to show Mercy to thee, than Power in Sin to destroy thee.
So there you have the first Ground to stir up Hope; thy Sins are pardonable. There is more Power in God to shew Mercy to thee, than Power in Sin to destroy thee.
2. The Lord Jesus Christ came to seek and to save that which was lost; it was the Scope of his coming. Now saith the broken and humble Sinner, I am lost. Did Christ come to save Sinners? Then Christ must fail of his End, or I of my Comfort. God says, Come to me all ye that are weary and heavy laden: I am weary: Unless the Lord intended good to me, why did he invite me, and bid me come? Surely he means to show Mercy to me.
2. The Lord Jesus Christ came to seek and to save that which was lost; it was the Scope of his coming. Now saith the broken and humble Sinner, I am lost. Did Christ come to save Sinners? Then Christ must fail of his End, or I of my Comfort. God says, Come to me all ye that are weary and heavy laden: I am weary: Unless the Lord intended good to me, why did he invite me, and bid me come? Surely he means to shew Mercy to me.
(1.) Oh take heed of Despair. Question thy Estate thou mayest, thou must; but to cast away all Hope is very heinous in the Eyes of the Lord. Cast away all carnal Confidence thou must, and yet thou must hope. Let Israel hope in the Lord, for in the Lord, &c.