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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.
If God the Father intended these Privileges […] 1to such under such a respect or Condition, Christ […] all these benefits for such alone, and the […] applied them only unto such, then the […] witnesseth the Possession of those spiritual […] unto such only. Because the witnessing of […] Spirit is of equal extent with Gods intent in […] these, with Christs intent and purpose in […] these with its own work in applying […]. Whatever respect makes a thing an adequate […] of a work in such a kind, all works of that […] are ever applied to that thing under that […]. The King gives a Charter in His Royal Grant […] such who are Free-men of such a Corporation, […] that bought it Purchased only for such, there is […] ground in true right and reason why they should […] bestowed upon any but such; nor can any apply Privilege aright unless he do apply it with an eye […] such a Condition that must steer the whole course […] a righteous proceeding in that kind. That which […] the Formalis ratio of the subject in Application […] must needs be attended in every work of […] either of Comfort or Privilege if […] the Rule aright. But it hath appeared in brief […], That such who shall be the seed of the […] to them God the Father intended these […] Privileges, Joh. 3. 16. God so loved the world that ⟨p. 48⟩he gave his only Son, that whosoever should […] in him should not perish but have eternal life: […] them as such Christ Purchased these. Joh. 17. […] I pray not for the World, but for them that shall […]. And so the Spirit applies, as when Paul […] appointed to […] the Gentiles, this was his […], He was to turn men from Satan to God, that […] they might receive remission of sins and […] So the Spirit by the Ministry of the Word makes […] of these Privileges, and never otherwise and therefore never gives other witness.
If God the Father intended these Priviledges 〈…〉 1to such under such a respect or Condition, Christ 〈…〉 all these benefits for such alone, and the applyed them only unto such, then the witnesseth the Possession of those spiritual unto such only. Because the witnessing of Spirit is of equal extent with Gods intent in these, with Christs intent and purpose in these with its own work in applying . Whatever respect makes a thing an adequat of a work in such a kind, all works of that are ever applyed to that thing under that . The King gives a Charter in His Royal Grant such who are Free-men of such a Corporation, that bought it Purchased only for such, there is ground in true right and reason why they should bestowed upon any but such; nor can any apply Priviledge aright unless he do apply it with an eye such a Condition that must stear the whol course a righteous proceeding in that kind. That which the Formalis ratio of the subject in Application must needs be attended in every work of either of Comfort or Priviledge if the Rule aright. But it hath appeared in brief , That such who shall be the seed of the to them God the Father intended these Priviledges,