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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.
The Brain of the Jesuits is the Womb that bare it, and their Forgery gave it its first being; a Brat of their Brain, a Conceit which they Forged and Anvilled out of the Froth of their own imaginations: For when they saw that it was a Conclusion absurd and unreasonable, yea, that which sounded harshly even to Common Sense to affirm, […] a mans Conversion was Lastly resolved into the Liberty of a mans own Will; which advanceth mans free Will above Gods Free Grace, and makes the Will of ⟨p. 416⟩man a superior and more principal Cause of our effectual Calling, than the work of Gods Spirit and Grace.
The Brain of the Jesuites is the Womb that bare it, and their Forgery gave it its first being; a Brat of their Brain, a Conceit which they Forged and Anvilled out of the Froth of their own imaginations: For when they saw that it was a Conclusion absurd and unreasonable, yea, that which sounded harshly even to Common Sense to affirm, 〈…〉 a mans Conversion was Lastly resolved into the Liberty of a mans own Will; which advanceth mans free Will above Gods Free Grace, and makes the Will of ⟨p. 416⟩man a superior and more principal Cause of our effectual Calling, than the work of Gods Spirit and Grace.
It was so loathsome to look upon, That they Resolved not to Own it in such Apprehensions, but they devised to put another Visor upon it, that so […] might appear other, when it was presented in other Apprehensions; and because they cannot maintain what they say, they would say something which neither they, nor any else can understand. For they set down their Opinion in these Expressions.
It was so loathsom to look upon, That they Resolved not to Own it in such Apprehensions, but they devised to put another Vizard upon it, that so 〈…〉 might appear other, when it was presented in other Apprehensions; and because they cannot maintain what they say, they would say somthing which neither they, nor any else can understand. For they set down their Opinion in these Expressions.