A44342:164
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.
The Reply is this: That this pretence is in truth a1 […] of words, but reacheth not the main strength […] force of the Argument alleged, which stands still […], as it shall thus appear: for I demand, If §1[…] hath fully purchased salvation, what hinders […] it is not applied? They will say (and they must […], for they can say no other) their infidelity is that […] hinders, they will not trust in a Christ, or come […] him that they may be saved. But the sting and […] of the Argument prevented this cavil before it […] to be pleaded, so that this comes too late: for it […] said, […] Christ be a perfect Saviour, and hath […] salvation for his, at the hand of Divine Justice, […] God in Justice will not hinder, Sin and Satan […] hinder: When the Law is satisfied, the prisoner […] be released; Christ came for this end, and he […] the end he came for, He saves his people from 2[…] sins; Then from all sin original actual, then ⟨p. 20⟩from infidelity, they are saved from that, and […] 3that cannot hinder.
The Reply is this: That this pretence is in truth a1 〈…〉 of words, but reacheth not the main strength 〈…〉 force of the Argument alleaged, which stands still 〈…〉, as it shall thus appear: for I demand, If §1〈…〉 hath fully purchased salvation, what hinders 〈…〉 it is not applied? They will say (and they must 〈…〉, for they can say no other) their infidelity is that 〈…〉 hinders, they will not trust in a Christ, or come 〈…〉 him that they may be saved. But the sting and of the Argument prevented this cavil before it to be pleaded, so that this comes too late: for it said, Christ be a perfect Savior, and hath salvation for his, at the hand of Divine Justice, God in Justice will not hinder, Sin and Satan hinder: When the Law is satisfied, the prisoner be released; Christ came for this end, and he the end he came for, He saves his people from