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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.
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. But that is not all: should the Lord reckon with them for ⟨p. 92⟩what is done, who could abide? they are so far from having hope to receive glory from God, as that they might justly expect a Curse at his hand, and he could not, but in Justice send it.
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. But that is not al: should the Lord reckon with them for ⟨p. 92⟩what is done, who could abide? they are so far from having hope to receive glory from God, as that they might justly expect a Curse at his hand, and he could not, but in Justice send it.
3. And lastly, such is the baseness of the hearts of men, and the crossness of their corrupt Natures to his glorious Grace, that as they will hot, so in truth they cannot receive it. No man can receive any thing, unless it be given from above. Joh. 3.27. Joh. 14.17 The world cannot receive the spirit, because they have not seen him, nor known him.