The soules preparation for Christ: a treatise of contrition [by T. Hooker].Nickoles, 1638 |
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abominations adulterer againſt Apoftle avvay becauſe broken hearted burthen cafe caft carnall caufe Chriftian comfort confcience confeffe confeffion corruptions courfe courſe curfed damned defire diſcover doth drunkard eaſe Efay elfe evill faid faithfull fave fecret feeke feeth felfe felves fhall fhew fhould fight of finne finfull finner finners Firft fo farre fome forrovv forrow fpeake ftill fuch Gods Gods word goeth grace hate hath heaven hee vvill hell himſelfe hovv humbled labour laft luft meditation mercifull mercy mervailous mifery Minifter moft muft muſt never novv pardon plagues povver punishment reafon ſay Secondly ſhall Spirit text faith thee thefe theſe theyr thing thinke thofe thoſe thou thy finnes thy heart truely truth unto uſe vile vileneffe vvas vvay vvee vvere vvhat vvhen vvhich vvhy vvicked vvith vvord vvorke vvould wayes word wounded wrath wretch
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Page 12 - ... may doe, partly if you compare it with other things, and partly if you looke at it in regard of...
Page 12 - Suppose any soule here present were to behold the damned in hell, and if the Lord should give thee a little peepe-hole into hell that thou did'st see the horror of those damned soules, and thy heart begins to shake in consideration thereof ; then propound this to thy owne heart, what paines the damned in hell doe endure for sinne ; and thy heart will shake and quake at it, the least sinne that ever thou didst- commit, though thou makest a light matter of it, is a greater evill then the paines of...
Page 12 - ... horror of those damned soules, and thy heart begins to shake in consideration thereof ; then propound this to thy owne heart, what paines the damned in hell doe endure for sinne ; and thy heart will shake and quake at it, the least sinne that ever thou didst- commit, though thou makest a light matter of it, is a greater evill then the paines of the damned in hell. Men shrink at this and loathe to goe down to hell and to be in endlesse torments. Oh get you into the arke, the Lord Jesus ; and when...
Page 58 - The words of a faithfull minister are like arrows, which if they be shot a cock height, they fall downe again and doe nothing, but when a man levels at a mark, then, if ever, hee will hit it . . ." The minister must be all things to all men: Nurse, Steward, Archer.