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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
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.
It follows not: Either it freely wills the removing1 of sin, or else it is compelled thereunto; I put a third, A sinner hath no will at all to it; for to will not to do it freely is contrary to the Nature of the Will, and the rules of right Reason: But to have the work done without the will of man, which hath no hand in it, is a sound truth and a safe assertion.
It follows not: Either it freely wills the removing1 of sin, or else it is compelled thereunto; I put a third, A sinner hath no will at all to it; for to wil not to do it freely is contrary to the Nature of the Will, and the rules of right Reason: But to have the work done without the wil of man, which hath no hand in it, is a sound truth and a safe assertion.
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These Three are apparently distinct,
1 To Will freely. 2 To Will by Constraint. 3 Not to Will at all: But to have the work done only from the Will of another.
1 To Will freely. 2 To Will by Constraint. 3 Not to Will at al: But to have the work done only from the Will of anonother.