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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.
4. The Father leaves the immediate dispensation of all the work unto him, to act it, according to his own pleasure. For so our Saviour, As the Father raiseth, and quickeneth, so the son quickeneth whom he will. Joh. 5.21: And adds verse, 22. For the Father judgeth no ⟨p. 63⟩man: but hath committed all judgment to the son. Not that the Father hath not power for the execution of the work. For he that gives it, hath it in a principal and sovereign manner. But he hath committed the immediate execution thereof unto the Lord Jesus, and so of the whole work of our Redemption. Joh. 5.27. That (as Pharaoh said concerning Joseph, when he appointed him next unto himself in the kingdom of Egypt Gen. 41.40,44. I am Pharaoh, and without thee, shall no man lift up his hand or foot) no man shall do any thing, which way so ever he turn himself &c. Only I am Pharaoh; So the Father to Christ, he delegates the execution of all in Heaven and Earth unto him, only he is greater. This is the meaning of that place. 1 Cor. 11.3. I would have you know, that the Head of every man is Christ, the head of the Woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God. Whence know,
4. The Father leaves the immediate dispensation of al the work unto him, to act it, according to his own pleasure. For so our Savior, As the Father raiseth, and quickeneth, so the son quickeneth whom he will. Joh. 5.21: And adds verse, 22. For the Father judgeth no ⟨p. 63⟩man: but hath committed al judgment to the son. Not that the Father hath not power for the execution of the work. For he that gives it, hath it in a principal and soveraign manner. But he hath committed the immediate execution thereof unto the Lord Jesus, and so of the whol work of our Redemption.