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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 The Sovereignty of Mans […] Will is such that it exceedeth all created power in Heaven and Earth: Amos, Chap. 4. See what conclusions the Lord there tries upon the rebellious Israelites, I […] given you cleanness of teeth and want of bread, […]. 6. I have withholden the rain from you, vers. 7. I […] […] you with blasting, vers. 9. I have sent among you the […], and overthrown you as Sodom, vers. 10. 11. And still this is added at the end of every instance, Yet ye have not returned to me. Rev. 16. 11. They blasphemed the God of Heaven because of their pains and sores, and they repented not; Dan. 9. 13. All this evil is come upon us, yet made we not our prayer &c. The Seventy years Captivity was ended, but their repentance was to begin: When the Jews had travailed forty years in the Wilderness and been spectators of the wonders of God, yet they wanted a heart to turn unto their God, Deut. 29. 4. There is nothing but God that made the Will, that is above the Will, and can bow it, and frame it to the obedience of his own Will.
1 The Soveraignty of Mans 〈…〉 Will is such that it exceedeth all created power in Heaven and Earth: Amos, Chap. 4. See what conclusions the Lord there tries upon the rebellious Israelites, I 〈…〉 given you cleanness of teeth and want of bread, 〈…〉. 6. I have witholden the rain from you, vers. 7. I 〈…〉 〈…〉 you with blasting, vers. 9. I have sent among you the 〈…〉, and overthrown you as Sodom, vers. 10. 11. And still this is added at the end of every instance, Yet ye have not returned to me. Rev. 16. 11. They blasphemed the God of Heaven because of their pains and sores, and they repented not; Dan. 9. 13. All this evill is come upon us, yet made we not our prayer &c. The Seventy years Captivity was ended, but their repentance was to begin: When the Jews had travailed forty years in the Wilderness and been spectators of the wonders of God, yet they wanted a heart to turn unto their God,