A44344:1115
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.
In grows out of this root, it issues firstly out of this Fountain. Hither our Saviours thoughts arise, and here he rests. This is the Crown of Glory, and the Diadem in the Crown; and the lustre and shine of that is, The Love of the Father. To this our Saviour ascends, and ⟨p. 345⟩in this he satisfies himself, and he would lead all his, as afterwards we shall see. Had not the Father given him glory out of his love, glory it self would never have given our Saviour content. Nay Heaven and glory it self had not been worth the loving nor having, unless the love of God were in them. That is the quintessence of all.
In grows out of this root, it issues firstly out of this Fountain. Hither our Saviors thoughts arise, and here he rests. This is the Crown of Glory, and the Diadem in the Crown; and the lustre and shine of that is, The Love of the Father. To this our Savior ascends, and ⟨p. 345⟩in this he satisfies himself, and he would lead al his, as afterwards we shal see. Had not the Father given him glory out of his love, glory it self would never have given our Savior content. Nay Heaven and glory it self had not been worth the loving nor having, unless the love of God were in them. That is the quintessence of al.
We shall open shortly two things.
We shal open shortly two things.
1. What we must understand this love to be. 2. How this love is the cause of this glory.