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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.
As the Justice of God, may have wrong by the breach of a Rule: so it may receive content and satisfaction equally by the full restoring of a Rule. Though no intrinsical hurt can be done to the Essence of God; for in that there is no intercourse of Justice, betwixt the Creature, and Creator. Yet there may be wrong done to the Covenant of God, in which regard Justice only is to be attended, as it is exercised betwixt God and the Creature. If it were a disparagement to God, to receive equal to wrong done; how could the merits of Christ, give equal satisfaction for our sins, and that to the exact Justice of God? wherein the Glory of Gods Justice, is not prejudiced, but advanced. It Justice will ⟨p. 387⟩require the manifestation of his Goodness, by the work of the Creature. It's but equal, in case it be wronged in her Commands, to glorify his Severity in punishing. By some proportion, in case it be pleased, and content, it may reward the work by blessing: Neither doth Justice deprive her self of the Dominion of that which she doth bestow: but in what she bestows, and they receive, in all they are bound to serve, and yield obedience unto Justice.
As the Justice of God, may have wrong by the breach of a Rule: so it may receive content and satisfaction equally by the full restoring of a Rule. Though no intrinsecal hurt can be done to the Essence of God; for in that there is no intercourse of Justice, betwixt the Creature, and Creator. Yet there may be wrong done to the Covenant of God, in which regard Justice only is to be attended, as it is exercised betwixt God and the Creature. If it were a disparagement to God, to receive equal to wrong done; how could the merits of Christ, give equal satisfaction for our sins, and that to the exact Justice of God? wherein the Glory of Gods Justice, is not prejudiced, but advanced. It Justice wil ⟨p. 387⟩require the manifestation of his Goodness, by the work of the Creature. It's but equal, in case it be wronged in her Commands, to glorifie his Severity in punishing. By some proportion, in case it be pleased, and content, it may reward the work by blessing: Neither doth Justice deprive her self of the Dominion of that which she doth bestow: but in what she bestows, and they receive, in al they are bound to serve, and yield obedience unto Justice.