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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.
Use to Instruct Comfort Exhort Us.
1. Instruction. The practise of our Saviour is a precedent and pattern of praying to all the faithful, unto the end of the world, teaching us, how we should order our desires, when we appear before the Lord, and put up our petitions unto the throne of Grace.
1. Instruction. The practise of our Savior is a precedent and pattern of praying to al the faithful, unto the end of the world, teaching us, how we should order our desires, when we appear before the Lord, and put up our petitions unto the throne of Grace.
Thou seest here, what our Saviour seeks for, sues for, and that in thy behalf, and for thy good: yea when he would lay in for the relief of his servants, and provide for their comfort in this world, before he was to go into another world▪ When he would suit them with blessings, and good things, that might be serviceable for their everlasting welfare. This is the great and grand request, and that put up in the first place, That they may be one in us.
Thou seest here, what our Savior seeks for, sues for, and that in thy behalf, and for thy good: yea when he would lay in for the relief of his servants, and provide for their comfort in this world, before he was to go into another world When he would suit them with blessings, and good things, that might be serviceable for their everlasting wellfare. This is the great and grand request, and that put up in the first place, That they may be one in us.