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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
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.
So the text. Though not him alone, to exclude the other Persons, so not them alone, to exclude himself. Ye believe in God; believe also in me. That ye believe in the Father is not enough, ye must believe also in the Son, and by like reason in the Holy Ghost. Joh. 14.1. This is eternal life (faith our Saviour) to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. i. e. To believe in the Father and Son, is that only means appointed to bring in eternal life.
So the text. Though not him alone, to exclude the other Persons, so not them alone, to exclude himself. Ye beleeve in God; beleeve also in me. That ye beleeve in the Father is not enough, ye must beleeve also in the Son, and by like reason in the Holy Ghost. Joh. 14.1. This is eternal life (faith our Savior) to know thee, the onely true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. i. e. To beleeve in the Father and Son, is that onely means appointed to bring in eternal life.
The Second thing is.
The Parties for whom Christ prayers are here set forth by a Comparison of equality and parity. I pray not for my Apostles alone, who are the main Pillars of the Church, & now to be sent upon the most weighty employments, that can be committed to the hands of f•e•le men, to publish the Gospel to every creature, to plant Churches, and to gather mine elect from all the corners of the world; notwithstanding all the opposition they shall find from Hell, and fierce persecution they shall meet withal, from the hands of unreasonable men. And therefore since the work lies first upon their hands, and requires present performance, and so have need presently to be remembered, and to have the first place in my prayer.