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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
THE Poor doubting Christian Drawn to CHRIST. › Chapter 2 › How to see Sin aright.
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First; See thy Sins in the royal Law, as in the right Glass; a Glass that will present them such as they be; and look not off 'till thou hast seen them so.
Secondly; So see them, as that by such a holy Gaze at them, thou mayest see an utter Insufficiency in thy self to satisfy for them.
Secondly; So see them, as that by such a holy Gaze at them, thou may'st see an utter Insufficiency in thy self to satisfy for them.
Thirdly; And so see them, that thou mayest by that Sight behold an absolute Necessity of Christ to succour thee, and then away speedily to him that can only help thee, and dwell no longer on thy Sins, but go to the Throne of Grace, where is plentiful Redemption, whence issue out Pardons in Abundance to remove that Guilt that Sin hath brought upon thy Soul; and where is Power enough to enable thee to be more than Conqueror over thy Corruption. Briefly, every Soul should say thus; It is true, Lord, my Sins are many and great, for I have departed from thee the Fountain of Bliss: But shall I go on, and so further from thee, and persist in Evil? God forbid. All this while I speak to brokenhearted Christians. You profane ones, you have your Portion already, and shall have more of it in Hell hereafter; therefore for a while stand you by, and let the Children come to their Bread.
Thirdly; And so see them, that thou may'st by that Sight behold an absolute Necessity of Christ to succour thee, and then away speedily to him that can only help thee, and dwell no longer on thy Sins, but go to the Throne of Grace, where is plentiful Redemption, whence issue out Pardons in Abundance to remove that Guilt that Sin hath brought upon thy Soul; and where is Power enough to enable thee to be more than Conqueror over thy Corruption. Briefly, every Soul should say thus; It is true, Lord, my Sins are many and great, for I have departed from thee the Fountain of Bliss: But shall I go on, and so further from thee, and persist in Evil? God forbid. All this while I speak to brokenhearted Christians. You prophane ones, you have your Portion already, and shall have more of it in Hell hereafter; therefore for a while stand you by, and let the Children come to their Bread.