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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.
Answ. That is not the meaning, for this is their plague, that they are secluded from the presence of his glorious power.
The glorious power of all Gods Attributes were put forth in the Gospel, and they shall be beyond the Hope and thought of it. The glorious power of Gods wisdom will never contrive any thing for their good, nor his mercy accomplish it, or goodness communicate it.
The glorious power of all Gods Attributes were put forth in the Gospel, and they shal be beyond the Hope and thought of it. The glorious power of Gods wisedom will never contrive any thing for their good, nor his mercy accomplish it, or goodness communicate it.
2. Its matter and ground of marvellous comfort and Content to the faithful, to solace them in the interest they have in Christ, and this their Relation to Christ, as their Redeemer, Head, and Husband, with whom they are made one Spirit, which is more than to be in Heaven, better than happiness it self. Thus Asaph Ps. 73. Answers all doubts, supplies all his wants, cures all his fears. Whom have I in Heaven but thee? and there is none in Earth that I desire in comparison of thee. The Covetous have the world, the Epicures their pleasures, but I, have thee, in comparison of whom, these are not worth the having, nay not worth the naming.
2. Its matter and ground of marvailous comfort and Content to the faithful, to solace them in the interest they have in Christ, and this their Relation to Christ, as their Redeemer, Head, and Husband, with whom they are made one Spirit, which is more than to be in Heaven, better than happiness it self. Thus Asaph