A44344:1141
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.
2. TRIAL.
2. TRYAL.
Whether our Love to the Lord Christ, be God-like Love, it's then certain God will own it, Christ accept it, and we may find comfort in it. If it bear the Image of the Love of the Father, it will imitate. God loved the Son, and gave all things to the Son: Do likewise, give thy self, yield and resign thy soul, and all things unto Christ: Thy Mind, let him teach thee; Heart, let him rule thee; Affections, let him order thee, Rom. 12.1. 1 Cor. 6. last. He out of his Love exalted him far above all Principalities and Powers, and whatever is named. Do thou set up the Lord in thy Soul, far above all profits, pleasures, thy dearest lusts, thy darling delights, all powers, and principalities, the principality of thine own will; mights and dominions, mighty and domineering distempers; above every name, the name of thine own Parts and Gifts, the name of thy Glory and Credit, and that which is named in another World, even thy safety and Salvation.
Whether our Love to the Lord Christ, be God-like Love, it's then certain God wil own it, Christ accept it, and we may find comfort in it. If it bear the Image of the Love of the Father, it wil imitate. God loved the Son, and gave al things to the Son: Do likewise, give thy self, yield and resign thy soul, and al things unto Christ: Thy Mind, let him teach thee; Heart, let him rule thee; Affections, let him order thee, Rom. 12.1. 1 Cor. 6. last. He out of his Love exalted him far above all Principalities and Powers, and whatever is named. Do thou set up the Lord in thy Soul, far above al profits, pleasures, thy dearest lusts, thy darling delights, al powers, and principalities, the principality of thine own wil; mights and dominions, mighty and domineering distempers; above every name, the name of thine own Parts and Gifts, the name of thy Glory and Credit, and that which is named in another World, even thy safety and Salvation.