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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.
Hence again, it's certain the work of God in Application §2is irresistible: This is the main […] from whence that Error is confuted: That Power […] raised Christ from the dead was irresistible, notwithstanding all sins, and all Devils, notwithstanding […] hour and power of darkness, yet he […] up himself from the dead, and by the same Almighty […] Power he works faith in our hearts, and quickens […] with Spiritual Life, when we were dead in sins and trespasses, Eph. 2. 1, 2.
Hence again, it's certain the work of God in Application §2is irresistible: This is the main 〈…〉 from whence that Error is confuted: That Power 〈…〉 raised Christ from the dead was irresistible, notwithstanding all sins, and all Devils, notwithstanding 〈…〉 hour and power of darkness, yet he 〈…〉 up himself from the dead, and by the same Almighty 〈…〉 Power he works faith in our hearts, and quickens 〈…〉 with Spiritual Life, when we were dead in sins and trespasses, Eph. 2. 1, 2.
It's true, there is nothing but Nature and corruption in a man, and by virtue of that, a man opposeth and resisteth the work of Grace: yet so to resist as to frustrate the work of God, it is impossible: God were not Almighty, if sin and Satan could hinder his Work.
It's true, there is nothing but Nature and corruption in a man, and by vertue of that, a man opposeth and resisteth the work of Grace: yet so to resist as to frustrate the work of God, it is impossible: God were not Almighty, if sin and Satan could hinder his Work.