A44344:1199
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.
th••s now in their Eye and aim, that only comes into remembrance. This is the top and highest pinnacle of perfection, which the Apostle hath in his Eye. 1 Joh. 3.1, 2. We are now the Sons of God, but it doth not appear what we shall be: Why, what is that excellency that then may be expected? ⟨p. 368⟩Answ. We shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. The Sight of his Glory is the highest step and stair of ours.
th••s now in their Eye and aime, that only comes into remembrance. This is the top and highest pinnacle of perfection, which the Apostle hath in his Eye. 1 Joh. 3.1, 2. We are now the Sons of God, but it doth not appear what we shal be: Why, what is that excellency that then may be expected? ⟨p. 368⟩Answ. We shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. The Sight of his Glory is the highest step and stair of ours.
Here we shall enquire three Things: 1. What this Glory is. 2. What it is to see it. 3. How the sight of this Glory brings in our End, and happiness of our being in Heaven; and that will be the Reason of the Point.
Here we shal enquire three Things: 1. What this Glory is. 2. What it is to see it. 3. How the sight of this Glory brings in our End, and happiness of our being in Heaven; and that will be the Reason of the Point.