A44344:392
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.
There is therefore in the second place, a Faith which doth belong even to the wicked, which is truly termed or called Faith in the language of the Scripture, and the common speech of men, I say truly called Faith though i• be not truly saving. Joh. 12.42, 43. Many believed on him, but durst not confess him, for they loved the pra•e •f men, mo•e than of God. The•e is saith then: and men do also believe, who love the praise of men more, than of God: but this no man can do and believe savingly. Joh. 5.44. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? Joh. 2.23, 24. Many believe in him, But our Saviour did not commit himself unto them for he well knew, what was in man. And its notorious in the parable of the stony ground, which believed for a time but in the time of temptation went away.
There is therefore in the second place, a Faith which doth belong even to the wicked, which is truly termed or called Faith in the language of the Scripture, and the common speech of men, I say truly called Faith though i• be not truly saving. Joh. 12.42, 43. Many beleeved on him, but durst not confess him, for they loved the pra•e •f men, mo•e than of God. The•e is saith then: and men do also beleeve, who love the praise of men more, than of God: but this no man can do and beleeve savingly. Joh. 5.44. How can ye beleeve, which rece•ve honor one of another and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?