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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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When the Spirit comes, he convinceth […] world of sin, that they be miserable in regard of […], of Righteousness, that there is Salvation in a Christ, and free pardon; and of judgement, because […] Prince of this world is judged. This shows the […] of the sovereign Government of our Saviour, so Joh. 5. 22. All Judgement is given into the hands of Christ, that is the immediate dispensation of all sovereign Power and Rule. And this was one of the things that Peter, in whose Ministry the Spirit after the Ascension of our Saviour Convinced the world of, Acts, 2. 36. Let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made this same Jesus both Lord and Christ. So that he will not break the bruised reed, which is done in Contrition, when the soul is bruised with the sight and sense of sin, and yet is indeed wholly helpless and weak, yet he will not ⟨p. 400⟩break it by despair, until […] bring judgement unto victory, make his Government and Dispensation Victorious.
When the Spirit comes, he convinceth 〈…〉 world of sin, that they be miserable in regard of 〈…〉, of Righteousness, that there is Salvation in a Christ, and free pardon; and of judgement, because 〈…〉 Prince of this world is judged. This shews the 〈…〉 of the soveraign Government of our Savior, so Joh. 5. 22. All Judgement is given into the hands of Christ, that is the immediate dispensation of al sovereign Power and Rule. And this was one of the things that Peter, in whose Ministery the Spirit after the Ascention of our Savior Convinced the world of, Acts, 2. 36. Let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made this same Jesus both Lord and Christ. So that he will not break the bruised reed, which is done in Contrition, when the soul is bruised with the sight and sense of sin, and yet is indeed wholly helpless and weak, yet he wil not ⟨p. 400⟩