A44344:1027
A comment upon Christ's last prayer in the seventeenth of John wherein is opened…
A comment upon Christ's last prayer in the seventeenth of John wherein is opened the union believers have with God and Christ, and the glorious privileges thereof ... / by that faithful and known servant of Christ, Mr. Thomas Hooker ... ; printed from the authors own papers written with his own hand, and attested to be such in an epistle by Thomas Goodwin and Philip Nigh.A comment upon Christ's last prayer in the seventeenth of John wherein is opened the union beleevers have with God and Christ, and the glorious priviledges thereof ... / by that faithful and known servant of Christ, Mr. Thomas Hooker ... ; printed from the authors own papers written with his own hand, and attested to be such in an epistle by Thomas Goodwin and Philip Nye.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
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.
USE, 2.
Here is invincible Assurance of the final safety, and glory of the Saints, out of all those pressures, with which they seem, not only to be assaulted, but overwhelmed almost beyond strength.
If the Head be above Water, the Body cannot be drowned, though it be under Water. Christ is in Heaven, and he will never leave his Members in Hell, nor Grave. So that a man may boldly, and comfortably conclude: He will make this sick, and weak Body, like to his glorious Body; this sinful Soul, like unto his, in all Holiness, and happiness.
If the Head be above Water, the Body cannot be drowned, though it be under Water. Christ is in Heaven, and he wil never leave his Members in Hell, nor Grave. So that a man may boldly, and comfortably conclude: He wil make this sick, and weak Body, like to his glorious Body; this sinful Soul, like unto his, in al Holiness, and happiness.
As Christ of himself, thou mayest in Christ bear up thy self against the Gates of Hell. Behold, I was dead, and live for evermore, and have the Keys of Hell and Death.