A44344:1349
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.
3. Thou layest thy self open to the in-rode of all Temptations and Corruptions, that either the occasion from without, or distempers from within, shall lead thee into; to turn desperate Opposer of the Truth, Hater and bloody Persecutor of Gods People. Thou knowest not God, and thou knowest not what thou dost against him, or his People. John 16.2, 3.
3. Thou layest thy self open to the in-rode of al Temptations and Corruptions, that either the occasion from without, or distempers from within, shal lead thee into; to turn desperate Opposer of the Truth, Hater and bloody Persecutor of Gods People. Thou knowest not God, and thou knowest not what thou dost against him, or his People. John 16.2, 3.
4. Carnal Men can have no discerning, or right Judgment of a Spiritual Condition, either their own, or others. The Devil may cozen thee with Colours; and thou mayest delude thy self with Dreams, prop up thy heart with vain hopes. But it's certain; where there is no knowledge, but ignorance, there can be no evidence, or certainty. Thou knowest not the Father. nor his Love, nor Mercy, nor Faithfulness in his Promises; and therefore canst have no assurance of his acceptance of thee.
4. Carnal Men can have no discerning, or right Judgment of a Spiritual Condition, either their own, or others. The Devil may cozen thee with Colors; and thou mayest delude thy self with Dreams, prop up thy heart with vain hopes. But it's certain; where there is no knowledg, but ignorance, there can be no evidence, or certainty. Thou knowest not the Father. nor his Love, nor Mercy, nor Faithfulness in his Promises; and therefore canst have no assurance of his acceptance of thee.