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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.
God the Father hath taken the Lord Christ into nearest union with himself. Taken unconceivable content in him. Advanced him to infinite glory with himself. The faithful next to Christ, they are in a like manner united to God, as Jesus, In like manner accepted, as Jesus, Advanced as Jesus.
God the Father hath taken the Lord Christ into neerest union with himself. Taken unconceiveable content in him. Advanced him to infinite glory with himself. The faithful next to Christ, they are in a like manner united to God, as Jesus, In like manner accepted, as Jesus, Advanced as Jesus.
And herein lies the Crown of this glory, the Diadem of this Crown, the excellency above the happiness of Heaven, that none of all this did come from a man, by the power of any Grace, or performance of any work.
And herein lies the Crown of this glory, the Diadem of this Crown, the excellency above the happiness of Heaven, that none of al this did come from a man, by the power of any Grace, or performance of any work.
Hence we have matter of admiration in regard of the goodness and kindness of the Lord, who is all-sufficient of himself, in himself, yet should vouchsafe to look from Heaven to such poor, worthless creatures, and to extend such tender compassions unto poor wretches. Tantus, Tantum, Tantillis: but that we have spoken unto.
Hence we have matter of admiration in regard of the goodness and kindness of the Lord, who is al-sufficient of himself, in himself, yet should vouchsafe to look from Heaven to such poor, worthless creatures, and to extend such tender compassions unto poor wretches. Tantus, Tantum, Tantillis: but that we have spoken unto.