A44342:407
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.
Exhortation, All the faithful are hence to be Exhorted,1 to know their duty, and to deal with these Spiritual good things, as men use to do with their Possessions, Christ hath made them yours, now you may, you should, you ought to use them as your own, There is never a humbled believing Soul but Christ hath put him into possession of all Spiritual good, as if he should say, Christ and Wisdom 2and Justification, and Sanctification and Redemption, in him and with him and from him these are all yours; go your ways then and use these as good […] are wont to do with their […], and look what a man would do when he is come into his possession, so do thou with all that good that Christ hath made thine.
Exhortation, All the faithfull are hence to be Exhorted,1 to know their duty, and to deal with these Spiritual good things, as men use to do with their Possessions, Christ hath made them yours, now you may, you should, you ought to use them as your own, There is never a humbled beleeving Soul but Christ hath put him into possession of al Spirituall good, as if he should say, Christ and Wisdom 2and Justification, and Sanctification and Redemption, in him and with him and from him these are all yours; go your waies then and use these as good 〈…〉 are wont to do with their 〈…〉, and look what a man would do when he is come into his possession, so do thou with all that good that Christ hath made thine.
- 1Use 5.
- 21 Cor. 1. 30.