A44344:1158
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
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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.
3. He earnestly requests, and prays unto the Father for the accomplishment, and performance of this.
3. He earnestly requests, and praies unto the Father for the accomplishment, and performance of this.
The first and last of these Particulars, ye have fully declared by the same word, as used upon the like occasion. When our Saviour was to enter into his Agony in the Garden, a little before he was betrayed, he prayed more earnestly, says the Text; If it be possible, let this Cup pass; and in the close, ends and issues all with this subjection, Not as I will, but as thou wilt, Marth. 26.39. that is, according to the Rules of Nature, and Reason, I would choose, and do desire mine own preservation, as man: yet as Mediator, having undertaken the Redemption of mine, I submit my Will and Prayers to thy good pleasure, and purpose. And for the Second Particular, it's thus also plain: Because his Prayer is one part of his Priestly Office, and of that Intercession, which he makes for his redeemed ones: and that appears amongst other things, in this; As he purchased, so in a righteous way he may obtain, the performance of all that good from the Father in the behalf of his; That they may be with them, and happy in them for ever,