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. /…

Name: The saints dignity and duty· Together with the danger of ignorance and hardness. /…
Author: Thomas Hooker

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.

Thomas Hooker 1586–1647London: printed by G.D. for Francis Eglesfield, 1651

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The Blessed Inhabitant: OR, The Benefit of Christs being in Believers.The Blessed Inhabitant: OR, The Benefit of Christs being in Beleevers.

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.

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The Point is very evident and express in the Text (being the main matter, scope and drift thereof) as well as in other places of Scripture.

The Point is very evident and expresse in the Text (being the main matter, scope and drift thereof) as well as in other places of Scripture.

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For the proving of it, (not to trouble you with many other Scriptures) you may consider these things:

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First, The ends and the offices of Christ, which the Apostle Paul expresseth, Tit. 2.14. Christ gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. The main end of Christ is the redemption of a people from all iniquity; which implieth not only the removal of the guilt of sin, but the destroying of the body of sin. Therefore 1 Joh. 3.8. it is said, That for this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the Devil. Not only the guilt of sin, but the power and dominion of sin is the work of the Devil; now therefore (for this purpose saith the Text) the Son of God was manifested, that he might free us from the guilt, yea and from the dominion, and life, and power of sin. There is one end.

First, The ends and the offices of Christ, which the Apostle Paul expresseth, Tit. 2.14. Christ gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquitie, and purifie unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. The main end of Christ is the redemption of a people from all iniquitie; which implieth not onely the removal of the guilt of sin, but the destroying of the bodie of sin. Therefore

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