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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
That the world may know thou hast loved them, as thou lovest me.
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2. We ought to pray most earnestly, that the power of our Saviour might be expressed, that his right appointment to the work of Redemption might be acknowledged by the world.
2. We ought to pray most earnestly, that the power of our Savior might be expressed, that his right appointment to the work of Redemption might be acknowledged by the world.
Its that which our Saviour doubles his desires for the attainment of, as that wherein the great weight of the work lay, and which he counted worthy such importunate seeking for, at the hands of his Father. And this carriage should be a Copy and Sampler to conform our prayers unto. This is that which God the Father is so Zealous of; Hebr. 1. When he brings his first begotten into the world, he says, Worship him all ye Angels of God. And to this purpose was the eight Psalm penned, and is to be understood touching our Saviour, as having the preeminence, above all creatures in Heaven and Earth, as Mediator. So the Apostle to the Hebrews seems to expound it, Hebr. 2.20. Learned Junius judgeth, and therefore here the Psalmist dwells and delights to descant on this strain. Psal. 8.1. O Lord our God, how excellent is thy Name in all the world. That's most worthy our desires, upon which our Saviour spent his. This only from the repetition.
Its that which our Savior doubles his desires for the attainement of, as that wherein the great weight of the work lay, and which he counted worthy such importunate seeking for, at the hands of his Father. And this carriage should be a Copy and Sampler to conform our prayers unto. This is that which God the Father is so Zealous of; Hebr. 1. When he brings his first begotten into the world, he saies, Worship him all ye Angels of God. And to this purpose was the eight Psalm penned, and is to be understood touching our Savior, as having the preheminence, above al creatures in Heaven and Earth, as Mediator. So the Apostle to the Hebrews seems to expound it, Hebr. 2.20. Learned Junius judgeth, and therefore here the Psalmist dwels and delights to descant on this strain.