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The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. /…The saints dignitie and dutie· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardnesse. /…
The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. / Delivered in several sermons: by that reverend divine, Thomas Hooker, late preacher in New-England.The saints dignitie and dutie· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardnesse. / Delivered in severall sermons: by that reverend divine, Thomas Hooker, late preacher in New-England.
London: printed by G.D. for Francis Eglesfield, 1651
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How would it glad our soul, if we were vassalized to the Turk, or slaves to the Moors to be redeemed from that vassalage and slavery? If we were to be imprisoned but all our life time for a debt which we could never pay, how would it rejoice our soul, if a friend should come and pay our ransom, and discharge our debt, and set us free? Behold here, my brethren, a greater redemption wrought for thee by Christ; thou art redeemed from under all iniquity, not with a temporary redemption; thou mayest be redeemed in thy body from a slave, and taken captive again the next year; thou mayest be redeemed out of prison for debt, and brought in again soon after; but the redemption thou hast by Christ, it is an eternal redemption, as it is called, Heb. 9.12. an universal redemption, it is from all iniquity, and it is for ever. Here is the first Use, Admirable consolation to all believers, you that are not sensible of this comfort are not believers. Christ hath given himself for this end to redeem us from all iniquity, therefore assuredly his end shall be effected, all believers shall be freed from all iniquity.
How would it glad our soul, if we were vassalized to the Turk, or slaves to the Moors to be redeemed from that vassalage and slaverie? If we were to be imprisoned but all our life time for a debt which we could never pay, how would it rejoyce our soul, if a friend should come and pay our ransome, and discharge our debt, and set us free? Behold here, my brethren, a greater redemption wrought for thee by Christ; thou art redeemed from under all iniquitie, not with a temporarie redemption; thou mayest be redeemed in thy body from a slave, and taken captive again the next yeer; thou mayest be redeemed out of prison for debt, and brought in again soon after; but the redemption thou hast by Christ, it is an eternall redemption, as it is called, Heb. 9.12. an universall redemption, it is from all iniquitie, and it is for ever. Here is the first Use, Admirable consolation to all beleevers, you that are not sensible of this comfort are not beleevers. Christ hath given himself for this end to redeem us from all iniquitie, therefore assuredly his end shall be effected, all beleevers shall be freed from all iniquitie.