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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. Comfort in all thy Spiritual trials, when Satan grows most fell, thy corruptions most strong, and thy heart begins to fail thee in the apprehension of thine Infirmities, as that thou shalt never be able to subdue, to overcome, nay, not to resist. Behold, 1 John, 4.4. be they never so great; Greater is he that is in thee, than be that is in the world. Though thou beest never so weak, and thine Enemies never so great, Christ is greater than all Devils, than all distempers, than all the power of darkness, and malice of the wicked.
1. Comfort in al thy Spiritual tryals, when Satan grows most fel, thy corruptions most strong, and thy heart begins to fail thee in the apprehension of thine Infirmities, as that thou shalt never be able to subdue, to overcome, nay, not to resist. Behold, 1 John, 4.4. be they never so great; Greater is he that is in thee, than be that is in the world. Though thou beest never so weak, and thine Enemies nevers so great, Christ is greater than al Devils, than al distempers, than al the power of darkness, and malice of the wicked.
Thou seest and findest a Law in they Members rebelling against the Law of thy Mind, and carrying thee captive. Behold the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ, shall free thee from the Law of Sin, Rom, 8.3. Here is Law against Law, Spirit against Spirit, Christ against thy Corruption: That Spirit is in Christ, and Christ is in thee. Therefore our Saviour concludes, None shall take them our of my hand; neither head of Satan, nor hand and power of Sin and Grave; John, 10.28.
Thou seest and findest a Law in they Members rebelling against the Law of thy Mind, and carrying thee captive. Behold the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ, shal free thee from the Law of Sin, Rom, 8.3. Here is Law against Law, Spirit against Spirit, Christ against thy Corruption: That Spirit is in Christ, and Christ is in thee. Therefore our Saviour concludes, None shall take them our of my hand; neither head of Satan, nor hand and power of Sin and Grave;