So that godly sorrow may be discerned by this train of graces wherewith it is accompanied, that worldly sorrow wants, at least in the truth of them, though it may have some shadows of them. Thomas Hooker More Quotes by Thomas Hooker More Quotes From Thomas Hooker The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people. Thomas Hooker foundation authority people Prayer is my chief work, and it is by means of it that I carry on the rest. Thomas Hooker religious prayer christian I confess it is beyond our power to awaken the heart, but ordinarily this way does good. Thomas Hooker awakening doe heart When the father is going on in his journey, if the child will not goe on, but stands gaping upon vanity, and when the father calls, he comes not, the onely way is this: the father steps aside behind a bush, and then the child runs and cries, and if he gets his father againe, he forsakes all his trifles, and walkes on more faster and more cheerefully with his father than ever. Thomas Hooker running father children Look whether it be indifferently, as well for sins secret as open, what you find to be your best cordials to comfort you, whether God's Word, or natural means. Thomas Hooker secret comfort mean Nay, men are so far from musing of their sins, that they disdain this practise, and scoff at it: what say they, if all were of your mind; what should become of us? Shall we be always poring on our corruptions? Thomas Hooker your say mind men