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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.
Lastly, Its a known and received Principle of […], That the Persons differ each from other, […] in some Internal and Incommunicable relative […], whereby the Personality of each is […], and the Person distinguished, as begetting […] the Father, to be begotten to the Son, to proceed […] Both to the Holy Ghost: And so the Order […] Manner of the Working of each which of […] follow herefrom, as the Father works of […] and first in Order, the Son from the Father and […] in Order, the Holy Ghost from Both, and […] last in Order. And therefore observe from […] before we pass, That it is a dangerous Deceit, […] a desperate Mistake, so to appropriate this work […] the Father, and some other actions to the Son, […] Holy Ghost, as that we should thereby bring in […] Ranks and Conditions of Christians. As […] Example, From this Fancy men have forged such […] of the Works of the Persons, and such […] suitable of Christians who receive such […]; As they Attribute Drawing to the […], Liberty to the Son, Power to the Spirit: and […], such are under the Fathers Work: such under […] Sons Work but yet are not attained to the work […] the Holy Ghost. And such who are to be under […] work of the Spirit and so to be sealed, they have […] all the former: Whereas in truth, and according […] the simplicity of the Scriptures, all these works […] saving, and all of them wrought by all the […], and he that is under the work of the Father in […] of these, is also under the work of Christ, and […] Spirit in them all. For as Drawing (before) is […] to all as well as the Father, the like we may say of Liberty, and Power. Doth the Son set us free? […]. 8. 31. So doth the Spirit. For, 2 Cor. 3. 17. Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom: ⟨p. 404⟩The law of the spirit of life hath freed us from the law of sin and death. Rom. 8. 2. Doth the spirit seal us? Ephes. 1. 13. So doth the Father also: 2 Cor. 1. 12. He that confirmeth and sealeth us is God who hath given unto us his holy spirit: So likewise our Saviour who hath the two edged sword in his hand.