A44344:731
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.
But it issues from a Fountain, which is beyond, not only Heaven, but that which is above Angels there, yea, the highest Stars, even the first Origination of the eternal, blessed In-being of the Father in the Son: which is without all Creatures, nothing can further it; above all, nothing can hinder it; before all, nothing can reach it. This seems to be Pauls ground, Rom. 8. and last, Nor things present, nor things to come, Principalities, Powers, Life, Death, Angels, &c. Why good Angels do not hinder. It's from the Love of God in Christ, therefore it's beyond the reach of all created Power.
But it issues from a Fountain, which is beyond, not only Heaven, but that which is above Angels there, yea, the highest Stars, even the first Origination of the eternal, blessed In-being of the Father in the Son: which is without al Creatures, nothing can further it; above al, nothing can hinder it; before al, nothing can reach it. This seems to be Pauls ground, Rom. 8. and last, Nor things present, nor things to come, Principalities, Powers, Life, Death, Angels, &c. Why good Angels do not hinder. It's from the Love of God in Christ, therefore it's beyond the reach of al created Power.
2. Exhortation.
See the lowest corner of the Foundation stone of our Eternal happiness, and look to it, and stay there. Look at all means, as from Christ. The Law as kept in the Ark: The Truth as in Jesus, dispensed as in the Head of the Second Covenant, Eph. 4.