A86531:332
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.
The second Property of Grace is, that it giveth strength and power to do whatsoever it commandeth (this is that point we spake of before) In that forenamed place, 2 Cor. 3.6. there the Covenant of grace is called the Spirit, not of the Letter (saith the Apostle) but of the Spirit, for the Letter killeth, but the Spirit (that is the Covenant of grace) giveth life. Grace, whatsoever it commandeth giveth power to do it, so far as shall be sufficient for Gods acceptance.
The second Propertie of Grace is, that it giveth strength and power to doe whatsoever it commandeth (this is that point we spake of before) In that forenamed place, 2 Cor. 3.6. there the Covenant of grace is called the Spirit, not of the Letter (saith the Apostle) but of the Spirit, for the Letter killeth, but the Spirit (that is the Covenant of grace) giveth life. Grace, whatsoever it commandeth giveth power to doe it, so farre as shall be sufficient for Gods acceptance.
The third property of grace is this, that grace delivereth us from under the curse, it fetcheth us out of condemnation. This is that which is expressed in Gal. 4.5. To redeem them that were under the Law, (and so under the curse) that we might receive the adoption of sons, and so the blessing of sons: therefore is that in Rom. 6.1. There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, &c.
The third property of grace is this, that grace delivereth us from under the curse, it fetcheth us out of condemnation. This is that which is exprest in Gal. 4.5. To redeem them that were under the Law, (and so under the curse) that we might receive the adoption of sons, and so the blessing of sons: therefore is that in