APPLICATION, in Theology, is particularly used for the Act whereby our Saviour transfers, or makes over to us what he had earned or purchased by his holy Life, and Death. 'Tis by this Application of the Merits of Christ, that we are to be justified; and entitled to Grace, and Glory. See MERIT, etc. The Sacraments are the ordinary Means, or Instruments whereby this application is effected. See SACRAMENT. Application is sometimes also used in Geometry, for what in Arithmetic we call Division. See DIVISION. Application also signifies the fitting or applying of one Quantity to another, whose Areas, but not Figures, are the same. Thus Euclid shows how to apply a Parallelogram to a right Line given, that shall be equal to a right-lined figure given. See APPLY.
