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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.
3. When by feebleness we abide not, by crossness we close not, or come to be fully ingrafted into the Promise. So lastly,
When the Soul will join any thing with Christ, or expect any Principle, or Power, to quicken, or carry our hearts, or abilities to any Service, beside Christ, as sharing with him in any quickening virtue, further than he appoints them, goes with them, works by them. This is a desperate prejudice to the perfection of this Unity, and returning all to God in Christ. To lean upon Christ, and our own Wisdom, expect from Christ, and our own Abilities, Ordinances, Offices, &c. I am Pauls, and I am Christs, 1. Cor. 1.12. this is to join a stone and staff together, and so we hold neither in our hand.
When the Soul will joyn any thing with Christ, or expect any Principle, or Power, to quicken, or carry our hearts, or abilities to any Service, beside Christ, as sharing with him in any quickening vertue, further than he appoints them, goes with them, works by them. This is a desperate prejudice to the perfection of this Unity, and returning al to God in Christ. To lean upon Christ, and our own Wisdom, expect from Christ, and our own Abilities, Ordinances, Offices, &c. I am Pauls, and I am Christs, 1. Cor. 1.12. this is to joyn a stone and staff together, and so we hold neither in our hand.
This is perfected.