A44344:1145
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.
USE, 2. For COMFORT to the Saints, whom are beloved of the Father through Christ.
Where he loves, his love will work alike. He is not the weaker for the working, nor hath the less for his giving. He loveth thee as Christ, therefore he will glorify thee, as he hath done to him. Get Love, and gain all; Love carries all with it. If he love thee, if dead, he will quicken; if weak, he will strengthen; if damned, he will save; though stubborn, he will draw thee: With an everlasting Love, I have loved thee; and therefore I have drawn thee.
Where he loves, his love wil work alike. He is not the weaker for the working, nor hath the less for his giving. He loveth thee as Christ, therefore he wil glorifie thee, as he hath done to him. Get Love, and gain al; Love carries al with it. If he love thee, if dead, he wil quicken; if weak, he wil strengthen; if damned, he wil save; though stubborn, he wil draw thee: With an everlasting Love, I have loved thee; and therefore I have drawn thee.