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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
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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. When the Lord shal come at the day of Judgment to render vengeance to those that obey not the Gospel, then saies the Apostle, The Lord shal be glorified in his Saints but admired in those that beleeve. True it is, that those who are Saints do beleeve, but the Apostle seems apparently to shew the odds, and this glorious excellency of the true Graces.
They who are sanctified and express the power of Gods Grace in their hearts and lives: God will be glorified in them, that they do express his virtues, and so set forth the glory of his Name.
They who are sanctified and express the power of Gods Grace in their hearts and lives: God wil be glorified in them, that they do express his vertues, and so set forth the glory of his Name.
But when he comes to consider of the bringing of a man to believe, here the work of God and the excellency of his dealing, is that which dazzles the very Eyes of