A44342:223
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 issue is, The object of this Evidence (we now speak of) is not gracious Qualifications wrought […] to be wrought, but our right to or possession of […] Privileges, as thou art my Son, thy […] […] accepted, thy sins are pardoned. But how […] shouldest be brought to these, or have thy heart framed to receive these, that is not attended at all; the spiritual Privileges which we have or hope […], mainly attended in this work of Evidence, are Pardon and Forgiveness in our Justification, our Adoption, and Acceptation to be Sons, and the Reconciliation of our Persons to the Lord, and our happiness […]: These are the spiritual Benefits which are here considered, and about which the […] is meant.
The issue is, The object of this Evidence (we now speak of) is not gracious Qualifications wrought 〈…〉 to be wrought, but our right to or possession of 〈…〉 Priviledges, as thou art my Son, thy 〈…〉 〈…〉 accepted, thy sins are pardoned. But how 〈…〉 shouldest be brought to these, or have thy heart framed to receive these, that is not attended at all; the spiritual Priviledges which we have or hope 〈…〉, mainly attended in this work of Evidence, are Pardon and Forgiveness in our Justification, our Adoption, and Acceptation to be Sons, and the Reconciliation of our Persons to the Lord, and our happiness 〈…〉: These are the spiritual Benefits which are here considered, and about which the 〈…〉 is meant.
The Third term to be opened in the Question is,§3 Immediate Evidence without respect to Faith or any saving Qualification] Its called, Immediate, in this Dispute, not because it is without the word or not by means of the Word, for to deny that would be too loathsome […], but immediate in respect of […] condition going before out of which it might […] For however the Question propounded, grants […] Faith and Grace is there, yet the Evidence must be had without eying or attending any thing of a Qualification; I […] a double Pretence which […] this kind of Curiosity.