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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. Examine.
USE. 2. Examin.
Whether we ever knew the Lord aright or no. Whether it be a savour of knowledge, or a Visard of knowledge. If thou hast true sight of the glory of Christ. It will make thee a heavenly and glorious Christian: It will make thee like the Christ thou seest in part, and hereafter in perfection: then in full measure, but here in some truth. If the Eye-salve shall be right, it heals the Sore, of the Eye, as well as recover the sight of it. Otherwise hadst thou all knowledge, couldst thou search all secrets, and yet thy learning and skill left thee as sensual, as careless as ever, thou hast happily seen the glory of some learning and Wisdom of words but thou never hadst a speculation indeed of the glimpse of the glory of Christ in the reality of it. Isa. 6.5. That Vision of the Prophet, see what a disposition it wrought in him, This sight makes him sit down confounded. This knowledge is like the Sun rising, that scatters all Clouds, Starlight leaves it dark. False light, like lightning, leaves the mind and heart as dark and corrupt as it was before. Eph. 4.18, 19. 1 Joh. 3.6.
Whether we ever knew the Lord aright or no. Whether it be a savor of knowledg, or a Visard of knowledg. If thou hast true sight of the glory of Christ. It wil make thee a heavenly and glorious Christian: It wil make thee like the Christ thou seest in part, and hereafter in perfection: then in ful measure, but here in some truth. If the Eye-salve shal be right, it heals the Sore, of the Eye, as wel as recover the sight of it. Otherwise hadst thou al knowledg, couldst thou search al secrets, and yet thy learning and skil left thee as sensual, as careless as ever, thou hast happily seen the glory of some learning and Wisdom of words but thou never hadst a speculation indeed of the glimpse of the glory of Christ in the reality of it.