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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.
Look we not only at the Weakness, but the hellish1 Opposition that a man hath naturally against all good; […] will appear it must be more than an ordinary power […] gives a being to grace in the soul: let the best objects be presented, the most persuasive and strongest […] pressed to a man under the power of his sins, […] these will never prevail with him. Let God come […] Heaven and preach to Cain, Gen. 4. 6. 7. Let ⟨p. 130⟩our Saviour preach to and weep over Jerusalem, with many tears, O Jerusalem how often would I have gathered thee, Mat. 23. 37. Let Judas live in the Family of Christ, yet if there be no more but an ordinary power, Cain will be Cain, and Judas will be Judas and go to Hell for all this. For,
Look we not only at the Weakness, but the hellish1 Opposition that a man hath naturally against al good; 〈…〉 wil appear it must be more than an ordinary power 〈…〉 gives a being to grace in the soul: let the best obects be presented, the most perswasive and strongest 〈…〉 pressed to a man under the power of his sins, 〈…〉 these wil never prevail with him. Let God come 〈…〉 Heaven and preach to Cain, Gen. 4. 6. 7. Let ⟨p. 130⟩our Savior preach to and weep over Jerusalem, with many tears, O Jerusalem how often would I have gathered thee, Mat. 23. 37. Let Judas live in the Family of Christ, yet if there be no more but an ordinary power, Cain wil be Cain, and Judas wil be Judas and go to Hell for all this. For,