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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.
Hence are all these general and indefinite expressions, as ⟨p. 13⟩carrying an equal Eye unto all, without any Special restraint to any particular, of what quality or condition soever. Heb. 7.25. He is able to save them that came unto God by him; (i.e. Who believe in him) seeing he ever liveth to make Intercession for them. i. e. For any of them, for every one of them, that shall believe. And therefore it was, when the high Priest was to go into the Holy of Holies, he was to bear the names of the twelve Tribes upon his Breast-plate i.e. The names of all the Saints, which should profess the Faith, and by Faith believe in him. And it is the condition of the great work of our Redemption, it carries no respect of persons with it (provided they be under the condition and terms of the covenant) it lies open unto all.
Hence are al these general and indefinite expressions, as ⟨p. 13⟩carrying an equal Eye unto all, without any Special restraint to any particular, of what quality or condition soever. Heb. 7.25. He is able to save them that came unto God by him; (i.e. Who beleeve in him) seeing he ever liveth to make Intercession for them. i. e. For any of them, for every one of them, that shall beleeve. And therefore it was, when the high Priest was to go into the Holy of Holies, he was to bear the names of the twelve Tribes upon his Breast-plate i.e. The names of all the Saints, which should profess the Faith, and by Faith beleeve in him. And it is the condition of the great work of our Redemption, it carries no respect of persons with it (provided they be under the condition and terms of the covenant) it lies open unto all.
That which Jude spake of Salvation, its true of the whole work of Mediation and Intercession, Common Salvation: Common Intercession. In Christ Jesus, nor Jew, nor Gentile, Grecian, nor Barbarian, Bond nor Free, Male nor Female. So that of Paul