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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.
The Lord hath purchased the Spirit, he is said then to beget, when he sends the spirit of Sons in•o their Hearts, which by the immutable assistance thereof, sets their hearts for God, holds the bent thereof towards him alone, as their Father, and principle of life. As they receive this being of Sons they return it wholly to the Father in Christ: The whole man, in the whole, and that with his whole strength, fastens upon God in Christ, acted wholly by the influence of his spirit, and holds the not excellency thereof.
The Lord hath purchased the Spirit, he is said then to beget, when he sends the spirit of Sons in•o their Hearts, which by the immutable assistance thereof, sets their hearts for God, holds the bent thereof towards him alone, as their Father, and principle of life. As they receive this being of Sons they returne it wholly to the Father in Christ: The whole man, in the whol, and that with his whol strength, fastens upon God in Christ, acted wholly by the influence of his spirit, and holds the not excellency thereof.
The Sum of all, out of all that hat been said.
1. Unity is the chiefest privilege for which Christ prays, and believers can partake of, as their peculiar good in themselves.
1. Ʋnity is the chiefest priviledg for which Christ prayes, and beleevers can partake of, as their peculiar good in themselves.