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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Secondly, this Point is also plain from the consideration of those respects in which Christ is said to be in people. Those are (as you heard before) First in regard of his Spirit. Secondly, in regard of his Virtue, influence, and sap that is in them. Now where ever these are, there must be a death of sin, and a life of righteousness. For the former, even as fire doth purge away dross and rust; so the holy Ghost works out corruption, and puts sin to death where ever he cometh; and as light expelleth darkness, even so doth he expel unrighteousness and sin, because he is the holy Spirit. Again, for the virtue and life of Christ, you know it was the life of righteousness, therefore wherever this is, there must be a life of righteousness in that man.

Secondly, this Point is also plain from the consideration of those respects in which Christ is said to be in people. Those are (as you heard before) First in regard of his Spirit. Secondly, in regard of his Vertue, influence, and sap that is in them. Now where ever these are, there must be a death of sin, and a life of righteousnesse. For the former, even as fire doth purge away drosse and rust; so the holy Ghost works out corruption, and puts sin to death where ever he cometh; and as light expelleth darkness, even so doth he expell unrighteousnesse and sin, because he is the holy Spirit. Again, for the vertue and life of Christ, you know it was the life of righteousnesse, therefore whereever this is, there must be a life of righteousnesse in that man.

:180p. 55–56

Last of all, the truth of this will appear from the consideration of that communion with Christ, and conformity to him, that all those must have which are in Christ, and Christ in them: Wherein they must have a communion with, and a conformity to Christ, Saint Paul showeth Rom. 6. from the third verse to the twelfth. In the third Verse he layeth down that Union by Faith which all justified persons have with the Lord Jesus: and from this he inferreth a communion with him, and a conformity unto him. But in what? In his death, and in his resurrection: If we have been planted together (saith he, v. 5.) in the likeness of his death, (mark, not in the same death, but in the likeness thereof) we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. Where the

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