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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.
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.
Go thy way, do thou likewise: pray thou likewise: Let this petition have the chief place in thy heart, and the first place in thy prayer. As the Apostle in another case; I may in this; Let the same mind be in thee that was in Jesus Christ. He is most wise, and best knows what may procure our good, and is more merciful and careful for our welfare than we our selves. If wise, and knows ⟨p. 51⟩best: merciful and cares more for our eternal good, than we for our selves; when we have such a Guide that can not err, who shows us the way, we may safely follow it.
Go thy way, do thou likewise: pray thou likewise: Let this petition have the chief place in thy heart, and the first place in thy prayer. As the Apostle in another case; I may in this; Let the same mind be in thee that was in Jesus Christ. He is most wise, and best knows what may procure our good, and is more merciful and careful for our wellfare than we our selves. If wise, and knows ⟨p. 51⟩