A44344:1127
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.
Hence it is, the Lord Jesus becomes the object of his Father love: his heart wholly affects, his thoughts are wholly set upon him, taken up with him. An infinite and eternal Favourite of an infinite and eternal Father. Called, the express Character of his Fathers person. Hebr. 1.3. No such likeness. No such Love. So that he cannot once look off from him, Enamoured with him, and with an infinite fullness of Soul-pleasing satisfaction, takes contentment in him. Hence our Saviour professeth Prov. 8.30. I was daily his Delight. The Original word [Greek or Hebrew] a compound of [Greek or Hebrew] intueri [Greek or Hebrew] retinere, so to eye, bland applica•e fe alteri, ut inclusum retineamus in solidum. So to Eye and pleasingly to apply our selves to another, as to hold & keep that other with us for ever.
Hence it is, the Lord Jesus becomes the object of his Father love: his heart wholly affects, his thoughts are wholly set upon him, taken up with him. An infinite and eternal Favorite of an infinite and eternal Father. Called, the express Character of his Fathers person. Hebr. 1.3. No such likeness. No such Love. So that he cannot once look off from him, Enamoured with him, and with an infinite fulness of Soul-pleasing satisfaction, takes contentment in him. Hence our Savior professeth Prov. 8.30. I was dayly his Delight. The Original word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 a compound of 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 intueri 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 retinere, so to eye, blande applica•e fe alteri, ut inclusum retineamus in solidum. So to Eye and pleasingly to apply our selves to another, as to hold & keep that other with us for ever.