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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. That therein the glory of God, and his divine and unconceivable excellencies are most magnified and Advanced, for that end, even the glorious Graces in their highest pitch ought to be improved.
1. That therein the glory of God, and his divine and unconceiveable excellencies are most magnified and Advanced, for that end, even the glorious Graces in their highest pitch ought to be improved.
But in this union of relation towards God, all the divine excellencies will most gloriously appear, and in truth much more than in all the gracious habits the Soul is capable of.
But in this union of relation towards God, al the divine excellencies will most gloriously appear, and in truth much more than in al the gracious habits the Soul is capable of.
Thus the Apostle intimates (to my apprehension) with some evidence, as though he of purpose intended it, and would have all to understand it so. 2 Thess. 1.10. When the Lord shall come at the day of Judgment to render vengeance to those that obey not the Gospel, then says the Apostle, The Lord shall be glorified in his Saints but admired in those that believe. True it is, that those who are Saints do believe, but the Apostle seems apparently to show the odds, and this glorious excellency of the true Graces.
Thus the Apostle intimates (to my apprehension) with some evidence, as though he of purpose intended it, and would have al to understand it so. 2 Thess. 1.10