A44344:1394
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.
For he looks at him, as we have showed, as a righteous Father, such a one as doth dispense his Fatherly affection in Faithfulness unto his. And therefore those of the world, upon whom his Fatherly affection was never set: nor were they within the compass of the Covenant of his Grace, had no interest therein, to whom his Faithfulness and truth was never engaged, and therefore they could challenge nothing, nor yet was he •ound to accomplish any thing for their spiritual and eternal good; And therefore if our Saviour had prayed for them, that they should have been in Heaven, and have seen his glory, he had prayed for that, which the ⟨p. 421⟩Father was not bound to grant in Faithfulness, nor were they fit to enjoy. For they know not that Fatherly love and affection of his which moved him to give Christ that glory: nor could they be affected with it, nor receive the good of it.
For he looks at him, as we have shewed, as a righteous Father, such a one as doth dispense his Fatherly affection in Faithfulness unto his. And therefore those of the world, upon whom his Fatherly affection was never set: nor were they within the compass of the Covenant of his Grace, had no interest therein, to whom his Faithfulness and truth was never ingaged, and therefore they could challenge nothing, nor yet was he •ound to accomplish any thing for their spiritual and eternal good; And therefore if our Savior had prayed for them, that they should have been in Heaven, and have seen his glory, he had prayed for that, which the ⟨p. 421⟩Father was not bound to grant in Faithfulness, nor were they fit to injoy. For they know not that Fatherly love and affection of his which moved him to give Christ that glory: nor could they be affected with it, nor receive the good of it.
But He, who knew the Father, he Prays for this Favour: And he Prays for them also, who have known both the Father and him, in their conjoint purpose: The one, that is, the Father appointing and sending: The other, Viz. The Son, coming upon that commission of love and life for the good of his, which they knew, and in which they rejoice.