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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.
Now the Father gives and he assumes glory to himself,
1. In that he freed him from the former Tyranny and power of darkness, and exalted him, far above all principalities and powers, and what there is named in this or another world. Beyond all Gunshot, not only beyond their power, but their assaults, yea their presence and sight.
1. In that he freed him from the former Tiranny and power of darkness, and exalted him, far above al principalities and powers, and what there is named in this or another world. Beyond al Gunshot, not only beyond their power, but their assaults, yea their presence and sight.
2. In that all power and Grace belongs to him in way and right of communication for the good of his, therefore called Head of the Church. And this follows the former. Mark the Coherence; He hath exalted him, and given him to be Head [Greek or Hebrew], a Head that hath life and motion in it, To plot and contrive all for defence, Eph. 2.22.
2. In that al power and Grace belongs to him in way and right of comunication for the good of his, therefore called Head of the Church. And this follows the former. Mark the Coherence; He hath exalted him, and given him to be Head 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a Head that hath life and motion in it, To plot and contrive al for defence, Eph. 2.22.