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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.
True he exerciseth the Sovereignty of his power and justice upon the wicked on Earth, and the damned in Hell, as amongst his Enemies and Out-laws, whose rebellion he will revenge, and whose ruin he will work, according to the desert of their works.
True he exerciseth the Soveraignty of his power and justice upon the wicked on Earth, and the damned in Hel, as amongst his Enemies and Out-laws, whose rebellion he wil revenge, and whose ruine he wil work, according to the desert of their works.
But his Children and servants are his loyal and loving subjects, amongst whom he sets up the Kingdom and exerciseth the government of his Grace and mercy, and they in love and loyalty submit thereunto, and advance the same. The hearts of his are, as I may say, the Paradise of Gods pleasure, in which he walks, and takes his content. So the Lord promiseth. I will walk among them. So the wise man professeth: Wisdom delights in the habitable part of the world. Prov. 8.31. This is my habitation for ever, here I delight to dwell.
But his Children and servants are his loyal and loving subjects, amongst whom he sets up the Kingdom and exerciseth the government of his Grace and mercy, and they in love and loyalty submit thereunto, and advance the same. The hearts of his are, as I may say, the Paradise of Gods pleasure, in which he walks, and takes his content. So the Lord promiseth. I will walk among them. So the wise man professeth: Wisedom delights in the habitable part of the world. Prov. 8.31. This is my habitation for ever, here I delight to dwel.
But it is not so with the wicked, its not so with them. Those miserable Souls of theirs are the throne where Satan sits, that Synagogue where he is worshipped, and even where his throne is seated.