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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.
This is the gracious look of a Father towards them. The faithful receiving this spiritual being of Sonship, Fasten to Christ as the fountain of life: leave their hearts with him and abide in him, to be wholly acted ⟨p. 104⟩by the influence and assistance of his Spirit, and to hold up the excellency thereof. Thus they return all to God in Christ.
This is the gracious look of a Father towards them. The faithful receiving this spiritual being of Sonship, Fasten to Christ as the fountain of life: leave their hearts with him and abide in him, to be wholly acted ⟨p. 104⟩by the influence and assistance of his Spirit, and to hold up the excellency thereof. Thus they return al to God in Christ.
2. How this glorious Grace, which the Lord imprints upon the Soul, is distinguished from this Oneness.
Answ. The words in the Text evidence the distinction: i. e. They differ, as the means appointed to an end are distinct from the end.