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A brief exposition of the Lords PrayerA briefe exposition of the Lords Prayer
A brief exposition of the Lords Prayer: wherein the meaning of the word is laid open to the understanding of weak Christians, and what the carriage of their hearts ought to be in preferring each petition. / By Mr. Tho. Hooker preacher of Gods word.A briefe exposition of the Lords Prayer: wherein the meaning of the word is laid open to the understanding of weake Christians, and what the carriage of their hearts ought to be in preferring each petition. / By Mr. Tho. Hooker preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Moses Bell for Benjamin Allen, 1645
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Secondly, those sufferings that he suffered for my sins past are sufficient for him to suffer and satisfy for my sins present and to come.
Secondly, those sufferings that he suffered for my sinnes past are sufficient for him to suffer and satisfie for my sinnes present and to come.
Thirdly, the sinner stands justified not for any thing in himself, but by the mercies of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Now then gather up all, and the thing is clear: if our Saviour suffered for all sins, and this, being infinite, is sufficient to pacify all his wrath due to my sins past, present, or to come. And if a man is not justified of, or by any thing of his own, but from CHRIST; from this I argue, by what death is my sin remitted? by the death of CHRIST; and have not I the whole death of our our Saviour to satisfy? Yes, for that death that suffered for my sins past, suffered for my sins present or to come; the death CHRIST suffered for all sins. Now this death of CHRIST is applied to the soul at the first act of believing in the LORD CHRIST, therefore my sins past, present, or to come, are remitted at the first act of believing.
Thirdly, the sinner stands justified not for any thing in himselfe, but by the mercies of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Now then gather up all, and the thing is cleare: if our Saviour suffered for all sins, and this, being infinite, is sufficient to pacifie all his wrath due to my sins past, present, or to come. And if a man is not justified of, or by any thing of his own, but from CHRIST; from this I argue, by what death is my sin remitted? by the death of CHRIST; and have not I the whole death of our our Saviour to satisfie? Yes, for that death that suffered for my sins past, suffered for my sins present or to come; the death CHRIST suffered for all sins. Now this death of CHRIST is applyed to the soul at the first act of beleeving in the LORD CHRIST, therefore my sinnes past, present, or to come, are remitted at the first act of beleeving.