The application of redemption

Preparation is required to the implantation of the¹ […] into Christ: not […] regard of God or his work upon us, as though he needed any help to the execution of his holy will; but in regard of the thing wrought in us; for he working all things according to the ²counsel of his own will, and the rules of his Infinite Wisdom, he needs not any help, in his work: yet it is […] his perfection and sufficiency to go against the wise Order set down in the Dispensation of his Providence for the bringing about of this work; the causes of a thing do not help God in Working or Creating, they are necessarily required to make up the thing wrought or created: there is nothing in a blind eye […] may help God to restore it to sight, yet God according to reason must put a power and ability of sight or a […] faculty, before he will, nay indeed can, bring forth seeing: God can turn Water into Wine, but in reason he must destroy the Nature of Water, and then make Wine: for it implies a contradiction to say that Water should remain Water, and yet have Wine made out of it: So it is in the soul, he ⟨p. 162⟩can change a proud and unbelieving heart into a […] heart: but he must first destroy the power of unbelief […] […] can bring in faith.

Preparation is required to the implantation of the¹ 〈…〉 into Christ: not 〈…〉 regard of God or his work upon us, as though he needed any help to the execution of his holy wil; but in regard of the thing wrought in us; for he working all things according to the ²counsel of his own will, and the rules of his Infinite Wisdom, he needs not any help, in his work: yet it is 〈…〉 his perfection and sufficiency to go against the wise Order set down in the Dispensation of his Providence for the bringing about of this work; the causes of a thing do not help God in Working or Creating, they are necessarily required to make up the thing wrought or created: there is nothing in a blind eye may help God to restore it to sight, yet God according to reason must put a power and ability of sight or a faculty, before he will, nay indeed can, bring forth seeing: God can turn Water into Wine, but in reason he must destroy the Nature of Water, and then make Wine: for it implies a contradiction to say that Water should remain Water, and yet have Wine made out of it: So it is in the soul, he