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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.
1. They have forfeited this glory, put away this Grace from them, and by reason of their rebellion have justly deserved, the Lord should depart away, […] withdraw the presence of his Grace, which he formerly furnished them withal. Rom. 3.23. We have sinn•• and are deprived of his Glory. Yea they take shame and confusion as their due and portion, Dan. 9.7. O Lord, to us belongeth shame and confusion of face, as it appeareth this day. Yea they lie down in shame. Jer. 3.25.
1. They have forfeited this glory, put away this Grace from them, and by reason of their rebellion have justly deserved, the Lord should depart away, 〈…〉 withdraw the presence of his Grace, which he formerly furnished them withal. Rom. 3.23. We have sinn•• and are deprived of his Glory. Yea they take shame and confusion as their due and portion, Dan. 9.7. O Lord, to us belongeth shame and confusion of face, as it appeareth this day. Yea they ly down in shame. Jer. 3.25.
2. They have nothing of worth, that may purchase it; they can do nothing that can deserve it. For when they have done all they can, they are not only unprofitable servants. Luk. 17.10. Psal. 143.2