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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.
There be […] other ends for which the Lord in his […] […] sees fit to curb and keep in the […] of […] wicked, and restrain the rage of their […] distempers, why he should take of the edge and keens, and […] the fury and hellish fierceness that […] in […] hearts of wretched and unreasonable men who are […] by Satan according to his will, and ruled by him, even the Prince of the Air who is an enemy to Gods glory and to mankind.
There be 〈…〉 other ends for which the Lord in his 〈…〉 〈…〉 sees fit to curb and keep in the 〈…〉 of 〈…〉 wicked, and restrain the rage of their 〈…〉 distempers, why he should take of the edge and keens, and 〈…〉 the sury and hellish fiercness that 〈…〉 in 〈…〉 hearts of wretched and unreasonable men who are 〈…〉 by Satan according to his will, and ruled by him, even the Prince of the Air who is an enemy to Gods glory and to mankind.
As first that the Lord might show his power, and §1that absolute sovereignty he hath over the worst men, & ⟨p. 167⟩the worst of Creatures those infernal […], and the worst and most violent of all their corruptions, and that he hath the reins of all their violence and rage […] his own hand, and orders it, and their wills and wickedness, not as they please but as he […]; and therefore he enlargeth their commission and recalls […] commission as he pleaseth. And therefore (as Jab speaks of the Sea: Job 38. 11