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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.
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. 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 wil lose none. If therefore a debt and agreement unto which our Savior is bound, how is it then a gift, which is in his liberty to deny▪
Answ. True, Its that which Justice and righteousness call for, that having tied himself by promise, & engaged his faithfulness and truth, To seek and to save, to ••ing other of his sheep, and to bless &c. He cannot fail, ••••g his faithfulness, and deny himself; and not […] •nd the honour of his own word.
Answ. True, Its that which Justice and righteousness cal for, that haveing tyed hmself by promise, & ingaged his faithfulness and truth, To seek and to save, to ••ing other of his sheep, and to bless &c. He cannot fail, g his faithfulness, and deny himself; and not nd the honor of his own word.