A44342:513

The application of redemption

Name: The application of redemption
Author: Thomas Hooker

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 ...

Thomas Hooker 1586–1647London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656

[44], 451 [i.e. 431] p., [24], 702, [36] p. · 377k words · Wing H2639 · ESTC R18255

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The Application of Redemption, by the effectual work of the Word an… › Book 3 › The First, is thus Described: Preparation is a fitting of a sinner…: The First, is thus Described: Preparation is a fitting of a sinner for his Being in Chr…

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[ Earlier:510–525 of 2,361

:510p. 145§1

The First is the Renouncing the Authority of §2those bosom Corruptions which have Lorded it over the Soul, and kept out the Power of the Gospel from prevailing and taking place in the Heart; That accursed Union and Combination that hath been long between the Heart and its secret Lusts, which for their naturalness are said to be The old man, Eph. 4. 22. And for their nearness our earthly members, Col. 3. 5. born and bred with us, which make and […] the Corrupt disposition of our Hearts; This Combination must be broken, this League […]; else there is no place for the Presence of a […].

The First is the Renouncing the Authority of §2those bosom Corruptions which have Lorded it over the Soul, and kept out the Power of the Gospel from prevailing and taking place in the Heart; That accursed Union and Combination that hath been long between the Heart and its secret Lusts, which for their naturalness are said to be The old man, Eph. 4. 22. And for their néarness our earthly members, Col. 3. 5. born and bred with us, which make and 〈…〉 the Corrupt disposition of our Hearts; This Combination must be broken, this League 〈…〉; else there is no place for the Presence of a 〈…〉.

:511p. 145–146§2

True, These noisome Distempers will be as Tyrants ⟨p. 146⟩still, Usurping Authority over the Soul, but they are not acknowledged as Lawful […], by the Soul rightly prepared for the Lord: But the sinner rightly fitted, shakes off the yoke and […] from under the […] of these Distempers, […] though he be not able to wage War and to mortify them, by any power received; […] he withdraws his […] from his Lust, and stands ready, to entertain a deliver; This […] Work the […] here […] by the Evangelist, implyes [Greek or Hebrew] non […] perfect onem sonat […] concinnitatem […] ad […] aptantur, saith Calvin in Locum. And the Original in the Prophet Isa ah, 40. 3. imports no more: both showing the same thing, even an utter Emptiness that ought to be in the heart: Thus also is this Work […] and set out in the […] thereof, Every mountain shall […] […] low, It is not paving but levelling, not a bringing in of some […] ability so much which this Preparative stroke […] stamp looks at, (take it strictly (in hoc signo […], as they say) but a removing of all that, out […] the way which might stop or stay our Saviours coming, for […] he Professeth,

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Thomas Hooker 1586–1647

Place

London

Printer

Peter Cole

Year

1656

Size

[44], 451 [i.e. 431] p., [24], 702, [36] p.

Words

376,512

Catalogue

Wing H2639 · ESTC R18255

Text

EEBO-TCP A44342

Passages

2,361

Sections

Title page

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36