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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
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.
We may hence see the reason of that miraculous1 Dispensation of the Lord Jesus in the work of his Grace upon the sinful […] of men, whose salvation […] hath […] in his everlasting Counsel and […] which he made with his Father: here lies the […] of the wonderful mysteriousness of that […]; That it prevails most powerfully for the good […] sinners when they do most of all oppose it: when […] seem to be […] in their wretched courses, […] down in their sinful distempers, and furthest […] from the ways and hopes of life, entrenched […] daily custom and long continuance in the strong […] of their prevailing corruptions and lusts of their ⟨p. 78⟩[…] and lives: when there is many times no […] bility, nay, not appearance of any possibility in […] that ever they should receive any spiritual good, […] being so opposite against it; and yet suddenly, […] unexpectedly, and that by very weak means ([…] times) the Lord Christ most effectually applies […] Word and Work of his Grace to their souls. […] we to sit down in silence, and look at the […] power of the purchase of Jesus, the precious […] of the […] blood of Jesus, which, though […] and unseen to the eye of the world, yet in its […] will undoubtedly accomplish the end intended. […] very man should observe it, and say, such a poor […] wretched creature, that out […] God and his […] and all the means of his own good, that then the […] should meet with him, and stop him, and turn […] and call him home to himself; O the Virtue of […] Blood of Jesus! the power whereof nothing can […] pose, the efficacy and success whereof nothing […] hinder; he hath purchased the good of this […] creature, and therefore nor Hell, nor Sin, nor […] nor […] can ever prejudice it. It's the […] which our Saviour usually gives of the powerful, […] wonderful communication of himself to sinners, […] in that 17. chapter of John, […]. 2. That he […] give […] life to as many as thou hast given […] vers. 6. I have manifested thy Name to those […] thou hast given me: […]. 8. I have given unto […] thy words, and they have received them: and […] 12. Those that thou […] me I have […], and […] of them […] lost: i. e.
We may hence see the reason of that miraculous1 Dispensation of the Lord Jesus in the work of his Grace upon the sinful of men, whose salvation hath in his everlasting Counsel and which he made with his Father: here lies the of the wonderful mysteriousness of that ; That it prevails most powerfully for the good sinners when they do most of all oppose it: when seem to be in their wretched courses, down in their sinful distempers, and furthest from the waies and hopes of life, intrenched dayly custom and long continuance in the strong of their prevailing corruptions and lusts of their