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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.
In the Body of Christ, and amongst all Christians, each man hath his measure and proportion suitable to his place, and answerable to the condition he doth possess in the Body.
In the Body of Christ, and amongst al Christians, each man hath his measure and proportion suitable to his place, and answerable to the condition he doth possess in the Body.
As in the Body natural: The finger is not so big as the hand, nor that, as the Arm', nor that as the Back or Thighs: but each holds his place and proportion, and so his perfection in his kind. So in the Body mystical: ⟨p. 85⟩one excels in patience and Meekness, though truly Zealous: another excels in Zeal and courage, though meek and humble in his measure also. Some are hands, and some are fingers and feet in this mystical Body, and all the while, the proportion of their Graces answer their places; Its comely.
As in the Body natural: The finger is not so big as the hand, nor that, as the Arm', nor that as the Back or Thighs: but each holds his place and proportion, and so his perfection in his kind. So in the Body mystical: ⟨p. 85⟩one excels in patience and Meekness, though truly Zealous: another excels in Zeal and courage, though meek and humble in his measure also. Some are hands, and some are fingers and feet in this mystical Body, and all the while, the proportion of their Graces answer their places; Its comly.
But its otherwise with our Saviour. He is Zealous, and meek, and patient and nothing can be added to the measure, fullness, and perfection of these.