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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
GRACE Magnified: OR, The PRIVILED GES of those that are under Grace.
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.
Thus Christ hath delivered us from the Law, as it did occasion sin to reign in us.
Again secondly, Christ hath delivered us from the curse of the Law: for Christ having satisfied the justice and wrath of God for our transgressing the Law, the Law can have no force to curse us. Here is the first reason why sin cannot have dominion over Gods people, Because Christ hath satisfied God for the sins of his people, redeeming them from under the Law.
Secondly, Because all that are Christs people must be like unto Christ: Thereupon it is that the children of God are said to put on Christ; they are said to live the life of Christ, to be the members of Christ, to be the brethren of Christ, the branches of Christ: All these Metaphors are to show us, that there is a likeness between Christ and all that are his people. Now as they are to be like Christ in other things, so in these two things. First, sin had no dominion over Christ, it never Lorded over him to obedience. Secondly, Death and damnation never had power over Christ: First, sin had no dominion, no power over him; Christ indeed ⟨p. 96⟩was oft tempted to sin, but he never obeyed sin: The world set it self to ensnare him, the Devil set himself to draw him into sin, but neither world nor Devil, could never have any power over him to bring him under sin. Indeed Christ was under the guilt of sin, for he bore our transgressions, but Christ was never under the reign of sin, sin had never any power over him to make him obey it. In this must all the people of God be like unto Christ; that as sin had no power of Christ to make him obey it, so sin must have no power over any of Gods people to make them obey it.
Secondly, Because all that are Christs people must be like unto Christ: Thereupon it is that the children of God are said to put on Christ; they are said to live the life of Christ, to be the members of Christ, to be the brethren of Christ, the branches of Christ: All these Metaphors are to shew us, that there is a likeness between Christ and all that are his people. Now as they are to be like Christ in other things, so in these two things. First, sin had no dominion over Christ, it never Lorded over him to obedience. Secondly, Death and damnation never had power over Christ: First, sin had no dominion, no power over him; Christ indeed