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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. Its proper to him to have all Grace firstly in himself, in way and right of communication, for had he not been the son of man and son of God together, the way of Grace and life had been shut up from the sons of Adam. Hebr. 10.20. And in this sense it is said, That with him is the Well of life. Ps. 36.9. And he is said to be a fountain of living Waters; to have life in himself. Joh. 5.26. And to quicken whom he will. Joh. 5.21.
1. Its proper to him to have al Grace firstly in himself, in way and right of communication, for had he not been the son of man and son of God together, the way of Grace and life had been shut up from the sons of Adam. Hebr. 10.20. And in this sence it is said, That with him is the Wel of life. Ps. 36.9. And he is said to be a fountain of living Waters; to have life in himself. Joh. 5.26. And to quicken whom he wil. Joh. 5.21.
2. The right and propriety of immediate dispensation is committed to his hand, of all Grace and good: Of his Grace we receive Grace for Grace. Joh. 1.16. And the Holy Spirit takes of his, not of his own, when he communicates to the Souls of the Saints. Joh. 16.14, 15