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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.
We have here matter of unconceivable comfort to support the feeble spirit, and fetch up the fainting and drooping hearts of the poor and faithful servants of the Lord. What ever difficulty ye meet withal, that may dismay you: what ever opposition from without, which ⟨p. 52⟩may resist and hinder, or weakness from within, that may discourage you, either from the seeking or expecting so great a favour, so high and happy a privilege from the hands of the Lord:
We have here matter of unconceiveable comfort to support the feeble spirit, and fetch up the fainting and drooping hearts of the poor and faithful servants of the Lord. What ever difficulty ye meet withal, that may dismay you: what ever opposition from without, which ⟨p. 52⟩may resist and hinder, or weakness from within, that may discourage you, either from the seeking or expecting so great a favor, so high and happy a priviledg from the hands of the Lord:
What: that I! Such a sinful and wretched creature? who am sit to be cooped up with the damned, and chained up with the Devils, who have been one with them in all their wickedness: temptations have not been presented, occasions offered so soon, but Oh! this vile heart, hath been one, and sided with them, and been carried by them, and transported with distempers, as with a violent stream.
What: that I! Such a sinful and wretched creature? who am sit to be cooped up with the damned, and chained up with the Devils, who have been one with them in al their wickedness: temptations have not been presented, occasions offered so soon, but Oh! this vile heart, hath been one, and sided with them, and been carried by them, and transported with distempers, as with a violent stream.