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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.
Hath Christ purchased all spiritual good for His,1 for Believers? Hence then we may see the […] of the faithful, and the privilege of those that […], above all people upon earth: To you the ⟨p. 55⟩Father intended all the treasuries of grace and glory: in your stead Christ suffered, performed all that the Law required and Justice exacted; for you it is, he hath purchased all that good that you need, doth not that please you? all you can desire doth not that quiet you? nay all that you can receive through all eternity doth not that satisfy? There is none like unto you, never the like was done for any as for you: It was Moses Collection, and caused his wonderment in the Consideration thereof, Deut. 33. 29. When he had recounted, the wonderful Preservations the Lord had wrought, Privileges he honoured them with and bestowed upon them, he breaks forth into these expressions: Blessed art thou O Israel, who is like unto the O People! Saved by the Lord. That was in the Type & Resemblance only, but here is the Truth and Substance of Shadows those Shadows, Accomplished in the Purchase of Christ, or his faithful ones who are: Saved, not from the Oppression of a Pharaoh, but from the Power of Darkness, and Dominion of the Devil, not delivered from the house of Bondage but from the bottom of Hell: Blessed are ye, O ye believing Souls, your Excellency is incomparable, your Privileges are inconceivable. Who is like unto you O People! thus blessed and saved by the Lord. The Wicked are not, the World is not, it is not so with them they have the Gleanings, you have the Harvest, they may have Rivers of Oil, but you the Rivers 2of Pleasures at the right hand of the Lord: Nay, now while you are in this World, Al is yours, All3 that the Obedience of Christ could procure , Al that the Blood (the precious Blood) of Christ could4 Purchase, precious Grace and Peace, precious Comfort and Assurance, precious Holiness and Glory, Excellent things are not only spoken of you, but