A44344:1156
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.
I say, he affectionately desires, and that appears in his expression, I WILL: Which implies Three Things in this place, as thus used.
That it is thing which suits the heart of the Lord Christ, and which he chooseth, as a thing, that is well pleasing to him. This is as he would have it.
That it is thing which suits the heart of the Lord Christ, and which he chuseth, as a thing, that is wel pleasing to him. This is as he would have it.
2. That he presents the efficacy of his Merits, and Obedience before God the Father; and by virtue of the Covenant and Agreement betwixt him and the Father transacted, touching his Elect and Chosen, whose Redemption, and Recovery, he hath undertaken: and he challengeth, and claimeth at the hands of the Father, the enjoyment of Heaven, and Happiness, which he hath purchased for his Servants the Faithful, and his enjoyment of them, and their presence.
2. That he presents the efficacy of his Merits, and Obedience before God the Father; and by vertue of the Covenant and Agreement betwixt him and the Father transacted, touching his Elect and Chosen, whose Redemption, and Recovery, he hath undertaken: and he challengeth, and claimeth at the hands of the Father, the enjoyment of Heaven, and Happiness, which he hath purchased for his Servants the Faithful, and his enjoyment of them, and their presence.