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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.
1 The Nature and manner of this Intercession. 2 The works and virtue of it. 3 The reasons of the point, why it appertains to all the Saints.
1 The Nature and manner of this Intercession. 2 The works and vertue of it. 3 The reasons of the point, why it appertaines to all the Saints.
1 This Intercession, or the manner of our Saviours praying must thus be conceived: that he doth present his merits & obedience before the Father as fully performed in the behalf of his elect, and (according to the righteous covenant and agreement past between them) doth challenge the communication of all that spiritual good he hath purchased, and the Father hath promised to bestow upon them. That is the meaning of that expression ⟨p. 14⟩in ver. 24. Father I will, that those whom thou hast given me, be where I am, that they may beh•ld my Glory. It is my good pleasure, that they should enjoy that happiness, that thou hast given me. and given to them, in me, according as thou hast promised.
1 This Intercession, or the manner of our Saviors praying must thus be conceived: that he doth present his merits & obedience before the Father as fully performed in the behalf of his elect, and (according to the righteous covenant and agreement past between them) doth challenge the communication of al that spiritual good he hath purchased, and the Father hath promised to bestow upon them. That is the meaning of that expression ⟨p. 14⟩in ver. 24. Father I will, that those whom thou hast given me, be where I am, that they may beh•ld my Glory. It is my good pleasure, that they should enjoy that happiness, that thou hast given me. and given to them, in me, according as thou hast promised.