A44344:702
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.
To this accords that of the Apostle, each place adds mutual light unto the other. Col. 3.3. We are dead, and our life is hid with Christ in God. Christ is the Treasurer, but the Father is the Author. Christ is the keeper, but the Father is the first Appointer thereof. For so you must understand the Name God, not essentially, but personally, being put in opposition and reference unto Christ, our life is hid with Christ, but Christ, and life, and all is in God, in the Father. Upon this ground it is, and to the like purpose, that the Apostle carries the hearts of the Corinthians in the work of their calling unto this consideration, as that, wherein the lowest part of the foundation of our comfort lies, 1 Cor. 1.30. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God in made unto us wisdom, righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption. Christ is all, even complete Redemption, who delivers from the power and presence of all evil, and gives all Grace: quickens what he gives, perfects what he quickens, owns what he perfects.
To this accords that of the Apostle, each place adds mutual light unto the other. Col. 3.3. We are dead, and our life is hid with Christ in God. Christ is the Treasurer, but the Father is the Author. Christ is the keeper, but the Father is the first Appointer thereof. For so you must understand the Name God, not essentially, but personally, being put in opposition and reference unto Christ, our life is hid with Christ, but Christ, and life, and al is in God, in the Father. Upon this ground it is, and to the like purpose, that the Apostle carries the hearts of the Corinthians in the work of their calling unto this consideration, as that, wherein the lowest part of the foundation of our comfort lies, 1 Cor. 1.30. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God in made unto us wisedom, righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption. Christ is all, even complete Redemption, who delivers from the power and presence of al evil, and gives all Grace: quickens what he gives, perfects what he quickens, owns what he perfects.