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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.
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.
3. And lastly, such is the baseness of the hearts of men, and the crosseness of their corrupt Natures to his glorious Grace, that as they wil 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.
Object. But our Saviour hath entered into covenant with God the Father to become the Shepherd of his Sheep, to undertake the charge and care of his Elect, to bring them to Grace and so to glory. Joh. 17.2. To as many as are given to Christ, he should give eternal life to them. Joh. 6.37. All that the Father giveth to me shall come, and I will lose none. If therefore a debt and agreement unto which our Saviour is bound, how is it then a gift, which is in his liberty to deny▪
Object. But our Savior hath entered into covenant with God the Father to become the Shepheard of his Sheep, to undertake the charge and care of his Elect, to bring them to Grace and so to glory.