A44344:1055
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.
If Davids Seed, be Davids Lord, then Davids Seed is more than mere Man. For if he had been mere Man, the Child is inferior, and subject to the Father, is not Lord over the Father; as it's said, He was subject to his Parents. But Davids Seed, is Davids Lord, and therefore more than mere Man. As Christ is Davids Lord, so is he exalted: for it's so affirmed, so attributed to him; He said to my Lord, sit at my right hand. But as God, he is Davids Lord; therefore as God, he is exalted.
If Davids Seed, be Davids Lord, then Davids Seed is more than meer Man. For if he had been meer Man, the Child is inferior, and subject to the Father, is not Lord over the Father; as it's said, He was subject to his Parents. But Davids Seed, is Davids Lord, and therefore more than meer Man. As Christ is Davids Lord, so is he exalted: for it's so affirmed, so attributed to him; He said to my Lord, sit at my right hand. But as God, he is Davids Lord; therefore as God, he is exalted.
3. It's plain also by that Prayer, and Expression of our Saviour, John, 17.5. Father, Glorify me thy self, with that Glory which I had with thee, before the World was. Now that must needs be the Glory which did appertain unto him, as God: For his Humane Nature was not before the World; and therefore did not, nor could not partake of any Glory. And hence it is undeniable, it must be meant of that Glory which he had before the World was, and did in the Phrase, and according to the meaning of the Scripture, lay aside, in the days of his Humiliation, and abasement in the form of a Servant, and did now assume, when he ascended, and while now he sits at the right hand of God the Father.
3. It's plain also by that Prayer, and Expression of our Savior, John, 17.5. Father, Glorifie me thy self, with that Glory which I had with thee, before the World was. Now that must needs be the Glory which did appertain unto him, as God: For his Humane Nature was not before the World; and therefore did not, nor could not partake of any Glory. And hence it is undeniable, it must be meant of that Glory which he had before the World was, and did in the Phrase, and according to the meaning of the Scripture, lay aside, in the daies of his Humiliation, and abasement in the form of a Servant, and did now assume, when he ascended, and while now he sits at the right hand of God the Father.