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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.
For had not the second person suffered and satisfied, there had never been way nor right to communicate Grace to his, or to improve of set on going the power and providence of God for his. And therefore its his propriety to be Head, not the Father, nor the spirit. Hebr. 10.20. Joh. 5.26. To have life of himself. And verse, 21. To quicken whom he will.
For had not the second person suffered and satisfied, there had never been way nor right to communicate Grace to his, or to improve of set on going the power and providence of God for his. And therefore its his propriety to be Head, not the Father, nor the spirit. Hebr. 10.20. Joh. 5.26. To have life of himself. And verse, 21. To quicken whom he wil.
3. And immediate dispensation and execution of all power over all creatures, for the bringing home of his Elect. Thus the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all to him: not that the Father hath not power for the execution of the work: for he that gives it hath it in a principal manner: but he hath committed ⟨p. 331⟩the immediate execution thereof unto Christ. 1 Cor. 11.3. The Apostle speaks not of the Faithful, but of all. For that is the scope.
3. And immediate dispensation and execution of al power over al creatures, for the bringing home of his Elect. Thus the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed al to him: not that the Father hath not power for the execution of the work: for he that gives it hath it in a principal manner: but he hath committed