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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.
1 As an Aberration or Transgression of the Law […] with the guilt and punishment that follows […] it. 2 As part of the Tyranny that Satan exerciseth over the Soul, there […] a hellish authority that […] exerciseth over the Soul by reason of Sin: Sin […] the first sense our Saviour Christ had imputed to […], the guilt of our Sins was charged upon him and the punishments of Sin was suffered by him, by which means he answered Gods Justice, and so came to justify us: […] the tyranny and authority which Sin and Satan doth exercise over the Soul, that […] away by the Resurrection of Christ.
1 As an Aberration or Transgression of the Law 〈…〉 with the guilt and punishment that follows 〈…〉 it. 2 As part of the Tyranny that Satan exerciseth over the Soul, there 〈…〉 a hellish authority that 〈…〉 exerciseth over the Soul by reason of Sin: Sin 〈…〉 the first sense our Savior Christ had imputed to 〈…〉, the guilt of our Sins was charged upon him and the punishments of Sin was suffered by him, by which means he answered Gods Justice, and so came to justifie us: 〈…〉 the tyranny and authority which Sin and Satan doth exercise over the Soul, that 〈…〉 away by the Resurrection of Christ.
This being laid for a ground it is always required at the Sureties hand, not only to pay the Debt for the Debtor, but to bring the Debtor out of Prison in despite of the malice of […] Jailer, and strength of the Prison; When therefore Christ who is our Surety had laid and paid a full price for our Surety to God the Father, and had fully answered that Debt which we stand bound unto by reason of our offence, so that now Justice was well pleased with us, and the Anger of the Lord appeased towards us; yet now, the soul is in Prison under the power of Sin and dominion of Satan, therefore it is requisite that God the Father having taken a payment must let the prisoner go free, and the Lord Jesus must undertake also to Redeem the soul from the power of Sin, and dominion of Satan, though they be never so strong, therefore God the Father raised up his Son Jesus Christ and together with him he raised us also. The soul by reason of sin comes to be forfeited to the divine Justice of God, to be a Prisoner to revenging Justice, (for the Malefactor is the Kings Prisoner not the Jailers,) now Christ by his death satisfying Justice, he frees the soul from the authority of revenging Justice, but when the soul comes to be fetched out of Prison, though Gods Justice be satisfied, yet Sin and Satan keeps the soul in Prison and will not let it go, unless by strong hand, therefore Jesus Christ by an Almighty power raiseth up himself from the dead, and by the power of his Resurrection he rescues the soul from the power of Sin and Satan; when Justice is satisfied the Lord Jesus says, I have satisfied for that soul, therefore Satan and Sin let him go; they say, we will not let him go, and they try all conclusions to hold him fast; Now the Resurrection of Christ steps in, and the Lord Jesus being raised from the dead by a strong hand, he breaks the Prison which is Sin, and