A44342:13
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
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.
Or else (as great a Cause as any other) a special Profession of Religion being […] Mode, and under Countenance: Hence many have been easily moved to see what might be in Religion, and so attend to what is said about it; and upon listening thereto, their spirits have been awakened, ⟨image 4⟩and surprised with some light, and then with that Light they have grown inquisitive into what this or that Party of Religion holds; what the other, or what a fourth. And thinking themselves at liberty (as the Principle of the times is) to choose (as men in a Market) what that Light will lead them to; they accordingly fall in, either with this, or that particular persuasion: and this is all of many mens Conversion. And yet because such become zealously addicted to such, or such a […] (some of the Professors of each of which, others that differ, own as truly Godly) therefore they are presently adopted, & owned as Saints, by the several Followers of such Opinions: And each sort thinks much, that those who embrace their Opinion, should not be accounted, and esteemed Religious […] all others, that do sincerely […] the power of it. Thus men Tithe […] and Cummin, and leap over the great […] […] Regeneration, namely, […] for sin, the […] sense of their Natural ⟨image 5⟩Condition, the Difficult work of Faith, to […] them, Union and Closing with Christ, Mortification of lusts, &c. which works where they are found, and visibly held forth, none are to be disowned for other Opinions consisting with the […]; yet so, as without these, no Opinion, of what Elevation soever, can, or doth constitute a man Religious.
Or else (as great a Cause as any other) a special Profession of Religion being 〈…〉 Mode, and under Countenance: Hence many have been easily moved to see what might be in Religion, and so attend to what is said about it; and upon listening thereto, their spirits have been awakened, ⟨image 4⟩and surprized with some light, and then with that Light they have grown inquisitive into what this or that Party of Religion holds; what the other, or what a fourth. And thinking themselves at liberty (as the Principle of the times is) to chuse (as men in a Market) what that Light wil lead them to; they accordingly fal in, either with this, or that particular perswasion: and this is al of many mens Conversion. And yet because such become zealously addicted to such, or such a (some of the Professors of each of which, others that differ, own as truly Godly) therfore they are presently adopted, & owned as Saints, by the several Followers of such Opinions: And each sort thinks much, that those who embrace their Opinion, should not be accounted, and esteemed Religious all others, that do sincerely the power of it. Thus men Tythe and Cummin, and leap over the great Regeneration, namely, for sin, the sence of their Natural