A44344:1470
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.
Hence again it follows: The Spirit may be sent from the Father and the Son, and the Father and the Son may sent: because the Spirit, the Holy Ghost works in Order from both, and there is Authority of Order and communication from both. Gal. 4.6. God hath sent forth the Spirit of the Son. That is, the Father, as appears by the distinction of Son in the words. Joh. 15.26. When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father. Joh. 14.26. When the Comforter is come, whom the Father will send in my Name.
Hence again it follows: The Spirit may be sent from the Father and the Son, and the Father and the Son may sent: because the Spirit, the Holy Ghost works in Order from both, and there is Authority of Order and communication from both. Gal. 4.6. God hath sent forth the Spirit of the Son. That is, the Father, as appears by the distinction of Son in the words. Joh. 15.26. When the Comforter is come, whom I wil send unto you from the Father. Joh. 14.26. When the Comforter is come, whom the Father wil send in my Name.
Hence Christ can only be said to be sent of the Father, not of the Holy Ghost (I speak now of this internal sending, which is attended only in regard of the Person, not of the thing, about which he is sent) the Reason and ground is the same.