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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.
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.
Trial of our Conversion: Observe whether the1 work of Application come from Heaven or no, if so, it leaves the […] of an Almighty Power upon the soul: as Christ said, The Baptism of John, […] it from Heaven, or from man? So I say of Application, Is it from Heaven, or from your self? […] is certain, if it be not from the Almighty Power of God it will never bring thee to God neither in this world, nor the world to come: If the soul can say, it was not the power of Men, or Means, or Ordinances; I had all these, I understood all these, and yet was the same man still, I had the old pride and lusts still, they lodged in my bosom, and came out as occasion served as a dog returning to his vomit, till the Lord came from Heaven and broke in mightily upon my heart, and there was no resisting of him.
Tryal of our Conversion: Observe whether the1 work of Application come from Heaven or no, if so, it leaves the 〈…〉 of an Almighty Power upon the soul: as Christ said, The Baptism of John, 〈…〉 it from Heaven, or from man? So I say of Application, Is it from Heaven, or from your self? 〈…〉 is certain, if it be not from the Almighty Power of God it will never bring thee to God neither in this world, nor the world to come: If the soul can say, it was not the power of Men, or Means, or Ordinances; I had all these, I understood all these, and yet was the same man still, I had the old pride and lusts still, they lodged in my bosom, and came out as occasion served as a dog returning to his vomit, till the Lord came from Heaven and broke in mightily upon my heart, and there was no resisting of him.