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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
The Application of Redemption, by the effectual work of the Word an… › Book 2
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Hence again it's clear: The Application of Mercy §3[…] Grace purchased, depends not upon mans will, […] then our Saviour had died at uncertainties, and it […] been in the power and pleasure of man, to have […] frustrate the death of our Saviour, and the end of […] Redemption purchased thereby: For Christ […] it should be applied, and therefore purchased […]; and the will of man would cross the will of our […], and say it shall not be applied, which is indeed […] confound Heaven and Earth, and pervert the whole […] of our Saviour in bringing back lost man […] God, to make Gods saving Grace serve mens […] and humours, and the success of the death of the […] Jesus to depend upon the sinful distempers of […] hearts of men. Nay, hence the Virtue of Christs […] should be lastly resolved into, and wholly […] upon the will of man, though he intended to […], yet they might choose, and so Christ might have […] his blood in vain.
Hence again it's cleer: The Application of Mercy §3〈…〉 Grace purchased, depends not upon mans will, 〈…〉 then our Savior had died at uncertainties, and it 〈…〉 been in the power and pleasure of man, to have 〈…〉 frustrate the death of our Savior, and the end of 〈…〉 Redemption purchased thereby: For Christ 〈…〉 it should be applied, and therefore purchased 〈…〉; and the will of man would cross the will of our 〈…〉, and say it shall not be applied, which is indeed 〈…〉 confound Heaven and Earth, and pervert the whol 〈…〉 of our Savior in bringing back lost man 〈…〉 God, to make Gods saving Grace serve mens 〈…〉 and humors, and the success of the death of the 〈…〉 Jesus to depend upon the sinful distempers of 〈…〉 hearts of men. Nay, hence the Vertue of Christs should be lastly resolved into, and wholly upon the will of man, though he intended to , yet they might chuse, and so Christ might have his blood in vain.