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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.
That which presupposeth the first Grace wrought […] the Soul, and is an effect of that, that cannot be […] before the first Grace be wrought; but Evidence […] presupposeth spiritual science and assurance […] Faith; therefore it cannot be before the first Grace, […] before Faith be wrought […] the Soul: Hence that […] the Apostle, 1 Cor. 2. last. Who knows the mind […] the Lord, but we have the mind of Christ, because […] have the Spirit of Christ, and that cannot be had without Faith, Gal. 3. 14. That we may receive the Promise of the spirit through Faith.
That which presupposeth the first Grace wrought 〈…〉 the Soul, and is an effect of that, that cannot be 〈…〉 before the first Grace be wrought; but Evidence 〈…〉 presupposeth spiritual science and assurance 〈…〉 Faith; therefore it cannot be before the first Grace, 〈…〉 before Faith be wrought 〈…〉 the Soul: Hence that 〈…〉 the Apostle, 1 Cor. 2. last. Who knows the mind 〈…〉 the Lord, but we have the mind of Christ, because 〈…〉 have the Spirit of Christ, and that cannot be had without Faith, Gal. 3. 14. That we may receive the Promise of the spirit through Faith.
Those Promises then, which imply the working of […] Condition of the Covenant, or the first Grace, do […] Three things: 1 What God alone can do as […] to his peculiar Prerogative. 2 What […] will do for his; that is, Such as shall come of his Son Christ the second Adam, 3 What the means […] manner is by which he will do it. As,