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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.
When God (say they) who made all Creatures, and so the Will of man, by his Wisdom and foreknowledge fully understood, what each Creature and so the Will of man would do in every event, condition, and occasion that could betide it: He also foresaw when the Will of man was set in such a Condition, so Disposed, so Suited with several Circumstances, and Conveniences, when his Persuasions would find the greatest Congruity and Agreeableness with his Disposition: And then presents such Arguments that suit his Disposition, and so undoubtedly prevails. So that these Three Particulars are attended in it.
When God (say they) who made al Creatures, and so the Will of man, by his Wisdom and foreknowledge fully understood, what each Creature and so the Will of man would do in every event, condition, and occasion that could betide it: He also foresaw when the Will of man was set in such a Condition, so Disposed, so Suited with several Circumstances, and Conveniences, when his Perswasions would find the greatest Congruity and Agreeablness with his Disposition: And then presents such Arguments that suit his Disposition, and so undoubtedly prevails. So that these Three Particulars are attended in it.
1 The Lord works only by Moral Persuasions; that is the alone way that he takes to draw, not offering any violence, for that they think is unnatural, and unreasonable. 2 The Will is still left indifferent, and in its own Liberty to Choose, or Refuse. 3 The Lord out of his wisdom and fore-knowledge, sees how to hit the heart in a right Vein, takes the sinner in a good mood, hits his humour, watches as it were his advantages, observes what will meet and suit his disposition, and then presseth it, and so […].
1 The Lord works only by Moral Perswasions; that is the alone way that he takes to draw, not offering any violence, for that they think is unnatural, and unreasonable. 2 The Will is still left indifferent, and in its own Liberty to Chuse, or Refuse. 3 The Lord out of his wisdom and fore-knowledge, sees how to hit the heart in a right Vein, takes the sinner in a good mood, hits his humor, watches as it were his advantages, observes what will meet and suit his disposition, and then presseth it, and so .