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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.
The Condition of a man after this life is […]. For as the Godly after this life ended receive perfect Sanctification, and so become wholly […] of the Spirit of God, and thereby fully and unchangeably confirmed in the state of Glory, never more to be pestered or annoyed with the presence of Sin or Misery, Rom. 8. 23. Here in this world we […] but the first fruits of the Spirit; but there […] then the full Harvest.
The Condition of a man after this life is 〈…〉. For as the Godly after this life ended receive perfect Sanctification, and so become wholly 〈…〉 of the Spirit of God, and thereby fully and unchangeably confirmed in the state of Glory, never more to be pestered or annoyed with the presence of Sin or Misery, Rom. 8. 23. Here in this world we 〈…〉 but the first fruits of the Spirit; but there 〈…〉 then the full Harvest.
So contrarily, the Wicked after Death, are […] delivered up to the tyranny and authority of […] Corruptions and there settled, and that […], in a state of rebellion, and become utterly […] of receiving any spiritual Grace, or […] any spiritual Good, but sink down in […] […] without hope of either. For those […] Graces whereby the Lord in the time of life […] their distempers and those outward […], Word and Sacraments wholesome Laws and […] Counsels and Examples which formerly […] them from many notorious outrages, are now […] away: Now the Lord plucks up the Hedge, […] pulls down the Wall, takes away all the […] Gifts of his Grace, vouchsafes not one […] of his Spirit, to strive with the Sinner any more, […] one check of Conscience to awe him, not the least […] of any Good to affect him any more; […] […] the reins in the neck of the Rebel, and […] […] loose upon him to execute the fullness of the