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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.
Lastly, Those words which are indited & […] not by […] wisdom, but by the Spirit of Christ, 1 Cor. 2. 4. who is the only chief Shepherd of his Church, and whose voice should only be heard: such words should be sought out by the speaker, such words […] to be accounted acceptable by those who hear them. Now how far all quaintness and […] of speech is from this warrant of the Lord, or this powerful work in the hearts of his people, let the sluggish and secure courses, the loose lives and […] of such persons, parishes, places, and congregations, who have, and love such teachers, and such kind of teaching, proclaim and testify to all the world.
Lastly, Those words which are endited & 〈…〉 not by 〈…〉 wisdom, but by the Spirit of Christ, 1 Cor. 2. 4. who is the only chief Shepheard of his Church, and whose voice should only be heard: such words should be sought out by the speaker, such words 〈…〉 to be accounted acceptable by those who hear them. Now how far all quaintness and 〈…〉 of speech is from this warrant of the Lord, or this powerfull work in the hearts of his people, let the sluggish and secure courses, the loose lives and 〈…〉 of such persons, parishes, places, and congregations, who have, and love such teachers, and such kind of teaching, proclaim and testifie to al the world.
Plainness of Preaching, appears also in the matter §2that is spoken: when sin and sinners are set out in their native and natural colours, and carry their proper names, whereby they may be owned suitable to the loathsomeness that is in them, and the danger of those evils which are their undoubted reward: A Spade is a Spade, and a Drunkard is a Drunkard, &c. and if he will have his Sins, he must and shall have […] with them. Its Satan's Policy (who painter or tyre-maker like, cozens all the world with colours) to […] and […] the […] ways of […], and the glorious Graces of the Spirit, with the