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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 Revelation comes and says, Thou art a Son […] God, thy sins are pardoned; and if you once get […] a Revelation, though your Faith and Grace be […] you may repair hither, this will serve; before you do know this, you can never know the […] of your Grace and Faith. And in truth, I suspect here is the Mystery of this Opinion, the very Hinge upon which all the rest turn. And therefore ⟨p. 40⟩though in words they will say, This Evidence cannot be before Faith; that is, In time, yet in Nature it may be; though this Evidence and Faith are coexisting, and coappearing together in time, they exist and appear together, yet this Evidence may be before Faith in Nature; An Opinion which is desperately dangerous. For,
The Revelation comes and sayes, Thou art a Son 〈…〉 God, thy sins are pardoned; and if you once get 〈…〉 a Revelation, though your Faith and Grace be 〈…〉 you may repair hither, this will serve; before you do know this, you can never know the 〈…〉 of your Grace and Faith. And in truth, I suspect here is the Mysterie of this Opinion, the very Hinge upon which all the rest turn. And therefore ⟨p. 40⟩though in words they will say, This Evidence cannot be before Faith; that is, In time, yet in Nature it may be; though this Evidence and Faith are coexisting, and coappearing together in time, they exist and appear together, yet this Evidence may be before Faith in Nature; An Opinion which is desperately dangerous. For,
That which contradicts the Gospel is false: […] to say a man may be in a good estate before Faith, contradicts the Gospel. He upon whom the wrath […] God […], he is not in a good estate: but he that believes not, the wrath of God remains upon him,