A44344:535
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.
So the Soul in glory, acknowledge no means, nor orders, ⟨p. 101⟩nor offices further than he appoints them, nor was there any power in them or virtue communicated thereby, further than the Lord was pleased to work by them. The power was Christ that strengthened; The life and virtue Christ that quickened. The success was Christs only, who was pleated to breath upon and bless.
So the Soul in glory, acknowledg no means, nor orders, ⟨p. 101⟩nor offices further than he appoints them, nor was there any power in them or vertue communicated thereby, further than the Lord was pleased to work by them. The power was Christ that strengthened; The life and vertue Christ that quickened. The success was Christs only, who was pleated to breath upon and bless.
I take it to be the meaning of that place very difficult, and the expression very spiritual and of a high strain. 2 Thess. 1.12. That the Name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the Grace of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Why, you would say, Is there any Name higher than the Name of Christ, or glory due to any beyond or after Christ? why is it added, that Christ should be glorified and you in him?