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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.
If the remission of all sins be not at once,1 it is either because my faith cannot lay hold on it, or because there are some hinderances; but a man by the hand of faith can lay hold on all the merits of CHRIST; the Word can reveal all; the Sacraments seal and confirm the pardon of all; and then there is no inconvenience, for it makes the soul more careful of a command. Psal. 130. If thou shouldest enter into judgement with us, who were able to abide it? but there is mercy with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Forgiveness makes a man yield faithful obedience; then it is clear, that the forgiveness of all sins, past, present, or to come, is made to the soul at once, at the first act of believing.
If the remission of all sinnes be not at once,1 it is either because my faith cannot lay hold on it, or because there are some hinderances; but a man by the hand of faith can lay hold on all the merits of CHRIST; the Word can reveale all; the Sacraments seale and confirm the pardon of all; and then there is no inconvenience, for it makes the soul more carefull of a command. Psal. 130. If thou shouldest enter into judgement with us, who were able to abide it? but there is mercy with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Forgivenesse makes a man yeeld faithfull obedience; then it is cleare, that the forgivenesse of all sinnes, past, present, or to come, is made to the soul at once, at the first act of beleeving.
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First, because CHRIST dyed for all, and that is all applied at once.
First, because CHRIST dyed for all, and that is all applyed at once.