A44344:736
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.
HERE we have the last thing in the Verse laid out, to wit, The several ENDS which the Lord aimed at, in the Order, and Degrees, whereby this Unity of Relation was brought in. Christ was in them, the Father in Christ; and this In-being of the Father in the Son, brings in this perfection of the Unity of the Faithful.
HERE we have the last thing in the Verse laid out, to wit, The several ENDS which the Lord aimed at, in the Order, and Degrees, whereby this Ʋnity of Relation was brought in. Christ was in them, the Father in Christ; and this In-being of the Father in the Son, brings in this perfection of the Unity of the Faithful.
These last words set forth a Double •nd of this Dispensation.
1. That the World may know that thou hast sent me. 2. That thou lovest them, as thou lovest me.
To the first of these we have spoken formerly, in verse 21. where it was first mentioned, and so first came into consideration to be opened and handled; and therefore we shall say no more of that at this time, but refer your thoughts unto our former Expressions.