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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 a man conceit that his make or metal is better than other mens, Let him look into the Pit whence he was 1digged, the Rock out of which he was hewen, he will […] see cause to conclude he was as hard, as stubborn, […] proud as any other, as unteachable, as unframable […] any other: And here that Question hath place, What hast thou that thou hast not received? yea, […] degree lower, How camest thou to be able to […] it? stake down thy heart in this Determination, […] answer, I have received nothing further than […] hath enabled me, and I have nothing unless he […] it, I do nothing unless he quicken me to the […] of it; the remembrance of […] plagues of […] heart and nature should […] me for ever to be […], I am what I am by mercy, let that have the […] of all, which is the worker of all the good I […]; as men pull away the steps and stool from […] a man if he stand too high, so […] should pull away […] swelling conceits which lift us up in our own […]; It's not I, but the Grace of God in me; 2[…] I any power to be humbled, to believe, to be […]? No, it's not I, but Free Grace, that is the […] and Worker of all, let Grace therefore have […] honour and praise of all.
If a man conceit that his make or mettal is better than other mens, Let him look into the Pit whence he was 1digged, the Rock out of which he was hewen, he wil 〈…〉 see cause to conclude he was as hard, as stubborn, 〈…〉 proud as any other, as unteachable, as unframable 〈…〉 any other: And here that Question hath place, What hast thou that thou hast not received? yea, 〈…〉 degree lower, How camest thou to be able to 〈…〉 it? stake down thy heart in this Determination, 〈…〉 answer, I have received nothing further than 〈…〉 hath enabled me, and I have nothing unless he 〈…〉 it, I do nothing unless he quicken me to the of it; the remembrance of plagues of heart and nature should me for ever to be , I am what I am by mercy, let that have the of all, which is the worker of all the good I ; as men pul away the steps and stool from a man if he stand too high, so should pul away swelling conceits which lift us up in our own ; It's not I, but the Grace of God in me;