A44344:1073
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.
So its not excellency, but power and authority, not at large, but in Subordination in the next and immediate dispensation.
1. Hence, he crosseth and confoundeth all the power and Policy of all the enemies of his Church, brings to nought the rage of Devils and Malice of Men, and each instrument that is formed. Eph. 4. Being ascended up on high, he led Captivity Captive. Nay makes them all serviceable to his Church. 1 Cor. 3.18. All is yours, and you Christs, and Christ Gods. This is the order. Christ is Gods Servant: and all your Servants through Christ.
1. Hence, he crosseth and confoundeth al the power and Policy of al the enemies of his Church, brings to nought the rage of Devils and Malice of Men, and each instrument that is formed. Eph. 4. Being ascended up on high, he led Captivity Captive. Nay makes them al serviceable to his Church. 1 Cor. 3.18. All is yours, and you Christs, and Christ Gods. This is the order. Christ is Gods Servant: and all your Servants through Christ.