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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
The Application of Redemption, by the effectual work of the Word an… › Book 10: The Tenth Book.
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1. What is the Nature of this hatred. 2. How it doth discover it self, and may be discerned. 3. The Reasons why this is required in this Work of Preparation.
1. VVhat is the Nature of this hatred. 2. How it doth discover it self, and may be discerned. 3. The Reasons why this is required in this Work of Preparation.
To the First.
To difference this work of Hatred, as it is appropriate to this place, and comes now to consideration, from the like disposition and operation of soul which […] wrought by the holy Ghost, and expressed by the Saints in the further progress of the work of Application; before it ariseth to the full breadth and further perfection, unto which the Believer arrives: It's a discovery which is attended with much difficulty and hardness; to lay out the peculiar bounds and limits of it, that each work may take that which is peculiar to it self, and not interfere upon the other; it's a matter marvellous intricate and narrow for the search: we shall labour to be wise to sobriety, so far as light goes, and the Lord helps: We ⟨p. 673⟩shall cast that which we would speak by way of Explication, into several Conclusions, as apprehending that the […] and most familiar way to communicate what may lend some little Direction this way.
To difference this work of Hatred, as it is appropriate to this place, and comes now to consideration, from the like disposition and operation of soul which 〈…〉 wrought by the holy Ghost, and expressed by the Saints in the further progress of the work of Application; before it ariseth to the full breadth and further perfection, unto which the Beleever arrives: It's a discovery which is attended with much difficulty and hardness; to lay out the peculiar bounds and limits of it, that each work may take that which is peculiar to it self, and not interfer upon the other; it's a matter marvelous intricate and narrow for the search: we shall labor to be wise to sobriety, so far as light goes, and the Lord helps: We