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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. For this end he hath received all Grace. For had not the second person, by the power of the Deity, brought our Nature to God, and assumed it into personal union with himself, so that the fullness of the God-Head might dwell Bodily in it, and so the fullness of all Grace communicated thereunto: It had not been possible that ever the Sons of Adam, who are become enemies to God and the work of his Grace, should have been made partakers thereof, being wholly cross thereunto. Col. 2.10. Ye are complete in Christ, because in him dwelleth all the fullness of the God-Head Bodily. Ye need no other King to rule, nor Prophet to teach, nor Priest to sanctify.
1. For this end he hath received al Grace. For had not the second person, by the power of the Deity, brought our Nature to God, and assumed it into personal union with himself, so that the fulness of the God-Head might dwel Bodily in it, and so the fulness of al Grace communicated thereunto: It had not been possible that ever the Sons of Adam, who are become enemies to God and the work of his Grace, should have been made partakers thereof, being wholly cross thereunto. Col. 2.10. Ye are complete in Christ, because in him dwelleth all the fulness of the God-Head Bodily. Ye need no other King to rule, nor Prophet to teach, nor Priest to sanctifie.
Yea for this end in our Nature he hath purchased all, provided a way to convey all Grace.
Yea for this end in our Nature he hath purchased al, provided a way to convey al Grace.
For had he not died, and by death satisfied the Law' the strength of sin had never been subdued, nor could our corruptions be mortified.