A44344:1322
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.
When the love and Faithfulness of God is in the Scriptures revealed, or out of the experience of the faithful recorded in Books, or writings, or by relation; There be these three things carefully to be considered, and as warily to be distinguished.
When the love and Faithfulness of God is in the Scriptures revealed, or out of the experience of the faithful recorded in Books, or wrightings, or by relation; There be these three things carefully to be considered, and as warily to be distinguished.
1. There is the sound of the word, syllable, and sentences whereby they are expressed. ⟨p. 400⟩2. There is Reason, and Argument which is conveyed by those words, Arguments clothed with Language and Speech: a mans Apprehensions walk abroad in a mans Expressions. 3. There is the reality of that Spiritual, and Divine Good and Truth, that lies couched, and contained within that Reason, as a precious Diamond in a curious Cabinet.
1. There is the sound of the word, syllable, and sentences whereby they are expressed. ⟨p. 400⟩2. There is Reason, and Argument which is conveyed by those words, Arguments cloathed with Language and Speech: a mans Apprehensions walk abroad in a mans Expressions. 3. There is the reality of that Spiritual, and Divine Good and Truth, that lies couched, and contained within that Reason, as a precious Diamond in a curious Cabinet.
A carnal man may hear the sound of the words, understand the Grammar Congruity and signification: His Judgment may see the Evidence of the Argument, and force of Reason, which concludes beyond gain-saying, what is there disputed.