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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
The Application of Redemption, by the effectual work of the Word an… › Book 8
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BOOK VIII.
JOHN 6. 44. No man can come to Me, unless My Father which sent Me, Draw him.
WE have already Debated and Dispatched TWO of those Divine Truths, wherein the Dispensation and manner of Gods working upon the Soul in preparation was conceived and described.
1 That he finds the sinner settled upon his […], and in the security of a sinful Condition. 2 That he was wholly unwilling to be severed therefrom. That it is a Death to him to be awakened out of this dead sleep when he saw no danger, nor feared any; but pleased himself in his Dreams and deluded […] of his own happy Condition. 3 The Third and last Point now comes to scanning and Consideration, wherein indeed the Pith and Marrow of this so deep and ⟨p. 349⟩mysterious a Dispensation of the Lord upon the Soul discovers it self; The Two former only made way for the more plain Explication of this last, and the more easy Apprehension of it by those who are willing to understand. Namely,
1 That he finds the sinner settled upon his 〈…〉, and in the security of a sinful Condition. 2 That he was wholly unwilling to be severed therefrom. That it is a Death to him to be awakened out of this dead sleep when he saw no danger, nor feared any; but pleased himself in his Dreams and deluded of his own happy Condition. 3 The Third and last Point now comes to skanning and Consideration, wherein indeed the Pith and Marrow of this so deep and