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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
Verse 25-26 › Point 2: God in Faithfulness dispenseth his Fatherly Love to his.
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. This Fidelity of the Father, consists in Three Things:
1. A full and free engagement of himself; to procure and accomplish the good, and welfare of his People. Undertakes to see all good done for them, that can be desired, as needful: all evil removed, which they can fear, as hurtful or dangerous to their Souls. The Father, as I may say, lays all his excellencies, and sufficiency to pawn, that he will see the Salvation of his shall not miscarry. As he is said to swear by himself, he calls his God-head, as a Witness to see done what he says. So, I may say, he doth by Promise, lay his infinite sufficiency to pledge; that as Reuben said to Jacob, I will undertake; thou shalt require him at my hand: So God says, require what may be needful, or helpful at my hand, I will answer it. And this God hath left upon Record in his Word, and under his hand, and therefore as the wise man said of him that is become Surety for his Friend; Thou art ensnared, and taken in the words of thy mouth, ⟨p. 391⟩Prov. 6.2, 3. Deliver thy self when thou art come into the hand of thy Friend. He is now in the hands of the Creditor; It was in his own hand and will before, if he would have paid, if not, he might have chosen; but he is now in the hand of his Friend, he hath him bound by Promise. This is implied in that Phrase, 2 Tim. 2.13. He is faithful, he cannot deny himself; q. d. If he should deny to do good, he should deny himself; for he hath laid himself to pawn. 2. As a free Engagement, so there must be a full Accomplishment, and Performance of all that is promised, and which he hath undertaken to see done in the behalf of his, Psal. 119.138. Thy Testimonies are Righteous, and very faithful; not failing in the least, nor falling short in the performance of whatever was promised.