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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 God essayed to go and take […] himself a Nation from among the Nations shall I say by Temptations, Signs, and Wonders to bring […] out of Egypt? No no: it was not from the house of Bondage, from the tyranny of Pharaoh nor from Death and Miseries outward, but from the bottom of Hell the tyranny of Sin, the power of the Devil from everlasting Death and Condemnation; […] this (not by making Water become Blood, but) by making Happiness to become Misery, God to become Man, and Life it self (Christ Jesus the […] of Life) to die, that he might restore thee to Life and Glory: Go therefore ye blessed Believing Servants of the Lord go on comfortably, and the blessing of Heaven go with you, know your Privileges and be for ever quieted and contented […]. Fret not you at the prosperity of the Wicked be […] troubled at their Pomp, since your portion is far […], and of incomparable Excellency: When the1 Father had entertained his prodigal Son after […] return with a Gold Ring, change of […] and […] fatted Calf, the elder Son began to mutter […] […] show his […], the answer was reasonable […] exceeding satisfactory, Son, thou art ever with […] and all that I have is thine, Luke 15. 31. So here Suffer the Dogs to gnaw the bones, and […] to have their scraps, let […] have the Gold Ring to adorn them and the fatted Calf to feed and […] upon, but know, (all you Believers) all that is […] Earth, all that is in Heaven; all that the Father […], ⟨p. 57⟩that […] hath; all the Mercy of a Father, the edemption of a Jesus, the Consolations of the […], all these are yours, you cannot have more, you […] be better: me thinks you should not be, I […] almost said you cannot, but be for ever […] and Contented.
hath God essayed to go and take 〈…〉 himself a Nation from among the Nations shal I say by Tempations, Signs, and Wonders to bring 〈…〉 out of Egipt? No no: it was not from the house of Bondage, from the tyranny of Pharaoh nor from Death and Miseries outward, but from the bottom of Hel the tyranny of Sin, the power of the Devil from everlasting Death and Condemnation; 〈…〉 this (not by making Water become Blood, but) by making Happiness to become Misery, God to become Man, and Life it self (Christ Jesus the of Life) to die, that he might restore thee to Life and Glory: Go therefore ye blessed Beleeving Servants of the Lord go on comfortably, and the blessing of Heaven go with you, know your Priviledges and be for ever quieted and contented . Fret not you at the prosperity of the Wicked be troubled at their Pomp, since your portion is far , and of incomparable Excellencie: When the