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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.
The Chemists they dream of a Catholicon and Medicine of that excellent confection and composition, and of that sovereign virtue and efficacy, that it will cure any Disease, recover and remove any distemper. They conceit that which they could never yet compass, nor yet the skill and industry of all men could ever find out. That which they dreamed and desired for the Body. The Lord hath provided for the good, and spiritual refreshing of the Souls of his. Here is a Cordial, that will undoubtedly Cure thee of all discomforts; whatever ⟨p. 335⟩thy temptation, thy condition, thy miseries are, can be, shall be: hast thou but a share in this Christ, to whom the Father hath given this glory in Heaven, It cannot but give thee content: dost thou but know the value and virtue of the receipt, and dost understand the right way to use it, and art careful to take it, for thine everlasting refreshing. See the proof of it a little in the particulars following.
The Chymists they dream of a Catholicon and Medicine of that excellent confection and composition, and of that soveraign vertue and efficacy, that it wil cure any Disease, recover and remove any distemper. They conceit that which they could never yet compass, nor yet the skil and industry of al men could ever find out. That which they dreamed and desired for the Body. The Lord hath provided for the good, and spiritual refreshing of the Souls of his. Here is a Cordial, that wil undoubtedly Cure thee of al discomforts; whatever ⟨p. 335⟩thy temptation, thy condition, thy miseries are, can be, shal be: hast thou but a share in this Christ, to whom the Father hath given this glory in Heaven, It cannot but give thee content: dost thou but know the value and vertue of the receipt, and dost understand the right way to use it, and art careful to take it, for thine everlasting refreshing. See the proof of it a little in the particulars following.
Have this glory of Christ in thine Eye, and keep the savour of it in thy heart▪ Thou canst not but have glorious peace in thy conscience, joy in thy heart, and contentment in thy course, as the particulars will evidence.