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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.
The Answer which is here made by Papists and […] 1is this, That though God doth not afford equal external means of Calling, yet he calls all, […] therefore they make a double kind of Calling. 1 […] diately by the Law. 2 Immediately by the […] Not that the Law can cause Faith in Christ […] but only in way of preparation by these degrees, […] Lord hath left the work of the Law and the […] of his Image in the nature of man, and withal hath […] forded him so much, and so many helps out of […] creatures to manifest his goodness and majesty to […] that if he use this stock well, he out of his bounty […] afford him the Gospel and other saving means to […] him to Faith and so to Happiness, and to this […] that place is usually alleged, Rom. 1. 19, 20. […] which may be known of God is manifest in them, […] If they use this light of Nature well, God will […] them the light of Grace; when they abuse that […] have, its just with God to with-hold what they […] and to take away that he gave.
The Answer which is here made by Papists and 〈…〉 1is this, That though God doth not afford equal external means of Calling, yet he calls all, 〈…〉 therefore they make a double kind of Calling. 1 〈…〉 diately by the Law. 2 Immediately by the 〈…〉 Not that the Law can cause Faith in Christ 〈…〉 but only in way of preparation by these degrees, 〈…〉 Lord hath left the work of the Law and the 〈…〉 of his Image in the nature of man, and withal hath 〈…〉 forded him so much, and so many helps out of 〈…〉 creatures to manifest his goodness and majesty to 〈…〉 that if he use this stock well, he out of his bounty 〈…〉 afford him the Gospel and other saving means to him to Faith and so to Happiness, and to this that place is usually alleadged,