A44344:272
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.
Again when our Saviour sets down the order, how he would have this unity attained and preserved, the speaks full verse 23. I in them and thou in me, and so they ⟨p. 40⟩shall be made perfect into one q. d. If they all be in me, as I am in thee, then are they in unity: and thou being in me, and I in them, then are they perfected in this unity: As they are one in me, and so in thee, by spiritual dependence, to receive all: So I am one in them and thou in me, by spiritual influence, and we communicate all unto them.
Again when our Savior sets down the order, how he would have this unity attained and preserved, the speaks ful verse 23. I in them and thou in me, and so they ⟨p. 40⟩shal be made perfect into one q. d. If they all be in me, as I am in thee, then are they in unity: and thou being in me, and I in them, then are they perfected in this unity: As they are one in me, and so in thee, by spiritual dependance, to receive al: So I am one in them and thou in me, by spiritual influence, and we communicate al unto them.
2. The Second reason is out of verse 22. Where the Glory, which Christ hath received and given to his servants, is made a means to obtain this unity. The glory, which thou hast given to me, I gave to them, that they may be one, as we. Whence it follows by undeniable evidence; This unity is one Stair and degree beyond the glory it self, which the Saints receive: For its a rule-case in reason, the end is more excellent, and of greater worth and goodness, than the means appointed for the end. Unity of affection among the Saints is part of that glory, or an ingredient which makes up the glory of the Saints, but this unity is the end of that glory, and so more excellent; therefore something beyond that, or any ingredient in it.
2. The Second reason is out of verse 22. Where the Glory, which Christ hath received and given to his servants, is made a means to obtain this unity. The glory, which thou hast given to me, I gave to them, that they may be one, as we. Whence it follows by undeniable evidence; This unity is one Stayr and degree beyond the glory it self, which the Saints receive: For its a rule-case in reason, the end is more excellent, and of greater worth and goodness, than the means appointed for the end. Unity of affection among the Saints is part of that glory, or an ingredient which makes up the glory of the Saints, but this unity is the end of that glory, and so more excellent; therefore somthing beyond that, or any ingredient in it.