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The application of redemption
The application of redemption by the effectual work of the word, and spirit of Christ, for the bringing home of lost sinners to God ... by that faithful and known servant of Christ, Mr. Thomas Hooker ...
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
The Application of Redemption, by the effectual work of the Word an… › Book 8
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Again, The Father as he sends Christ, […] §2unto him: Because when he so makes himself manifest unto the sinner, he shows the soul whither […] should go, and what certain success it may expect; yea, easy and ready acceptance with the Father, and deliverance from his wrath, and the vengeance deserved if it do go. For when the sinner comes indeed to look upon the ghastly visage of sin, to see the heinousness, and the unsufferable bitterness of that Evil that doth undoubtedly attend upon it. He now Concludes, he must either part from sin, or else he must needs perish in it: it cannot be avoided. Go he must from his sin, but whither to go he cannot tell, that the filth and guilt of sin may be removed from him, and he delivered from the wrath of the Father which he hath deserved by it. When he hath sought far and near for succour and shelter, that Heaven and Earth professeth there is no salvation to be had in us. Holy Ordinances and Duties say, We have heard of the Name thereof, but we neither have it, nor can give it, only we have heard tell there is Salvation in Christ, and in no other Name under Heaven: The […] therefore intends to make out to a Christ, but […] the Question and Doubt meets him, Though Christ can Discharge my Debt, lay down and present ⟨p. 407⟩sufficient pay, Its yet doubtful whether the […], being the Creditor, will accept of it, and rest […] with it, or no: Yea, says the text, The Father hath sent him for this purpose to be his salvation unto the ends of the earth, and therefore he will not refuse him: briefly, there be Three things […] in this sending, which may draw the […] of the sinner towards Christ.
Again, The Father as he sends Christ, 〈…〉 §2unto him: Because when he so makes himself manifest unto the sinner, he shews the soul whither 〈…〉 should go, and what certain success it may expect; yea, easie and ready acceptance with the Father, and deliverance from his wrath, and the vengeance deserved if it'do go. For when the sinner comes indeed to look upon the ghastly visage of sin, to see the heinousness, and the unsufferable bitterness of that Evil that doth undoubtedly attend upon it. He now Concludes, he must either part from sin, or else he must needs perish in it: it cannot be avoided. Go he must from his sin, but whither to go he cannot tel, that the filth and guilt of sin may be removed from him, and he delivered from the wrath of the Father which he hath deserved by it. When he hath sought far and neer for succour and shelter, that Heaven and Earth professeth there is no salvation to be had in us. Holy Ordinances and Duties say, We have heard of the Name thereof, but we neither have it, nor can give it, only we have heard tel there is Salvation in Christ, and in no other Name under Heaven: The therefore intends to make out to a Christ, but the Question and Doubt meets him, Though Christ can Discharge my Debt, lay down and present