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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 Power of Grace put forth in the Work of Conversion, is irresistible.
The Power of Grace put forth in the Work of Conversion, is irresistable.
When I say, Irresistible: We mean not that the Corrupt Heart doth not Oppose and resist the Operation of the Spirit, and the […] of the Ordinance: for whilst that […] is […], it cannot but labour the preservation of it self, and therefore cannot but oppose the power of Gods Spirit, which works the destruction of it. But this is the meaning, It cannot so prevail as to […] Gods intent, or to prejudice the work of his Grace, as that it should not find […] in the […] of the sinner, or hinder his […] home to Christ: This Collection in […] […], is […] Demonstratively, and undeniably from the former Doctrine.
When I say, Irresistable: We mean not that the Corrupt Heart doth not Oppose and resist the Operation of the Spirit, and the 〈…〉 of the Ordinance: for whilest that 〈…〉 is 〈…〉, it cannot but labor the preservation of it self, and therefore cannot but oppose the power of Gods Spirit, which works the destruction of it. But this is the meaning, It cannot so prevail as to 〈…〉 Gods intent, or to prejudice the work of his Grace, as that it should not find 〈…〉 in the 〈…〉 of the sinner, or hinder his 〈…〉 home to Christ: This Collection in 〈…〉 〈…〉, is 〈…〉 Demonstratively, and undeniablely from the former Doctrine.