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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
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.
Thus, However it is out of free mercy and […] grace that Redemption is given to us, (for its out […] mercy that Christ is given, that he gave his life, […] both are bestowed upon us and not upon the world) yet in regard of the Lord Jesus […], and the […] payment he hath laid down out of his own […] cost and charges, his own blood, its justice, it […] be bestowed upon him, and by justice it may be challenged as that which he hath […] in a […] proceeding.
Thus, However it is out of free mercy and 〈…〉 grace that Redemption is given to us, (for its out 〈…〉 mercy that Christ is given, that he gave his life, 〈…〉 both are bestowed upon us and not upon the world) yet in regard of the Lord Jesus 〈…〉, and the 〈…〉 payment he hath laid down out of his own 〈…〉 cost and charges, his own blood, its justice, it 〈…〉 be bestowed upon him, and by justice it may be challenged as that which he hath 〈…〉 in a 〈…〉 proceeding.
Instruction. We may here see, how great and […] 1a work it is, to obtain the least Spiritual Good that appertains to the everlasting welfare of our souls, were it but the guilt of the least sin that should be removed, were it but the power of the least […] that should be brought under, one smile of Gods countenance, and one blessed look of his face and favour toward a poor wretch, were it but a saving and a heavenly thought of a mans mind, the least spiritual motion or stir of our hearts in any sincere affection to the Lord: It is not all the Policy or Parts of men that can procure it, not all the power of created Nature in heaven or earth that can accomplish it, not all the […] of Pearls, mines of Gold and Silver in the […] […] […] that can purchase this; no, if it were […] from a vain Conversation, from a Tradition, from a Delusion, you must be redeemed from it by the […] blood of Christ: So the text. God will not […] any good of the Covenant of Grace, but he […]