A44344:899
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.
Though the world and wicked men cannot discern, nor rightly understand what this love is, nor the spiritual Nature of it, which is done by a spiritual light; yet they may know, and then they shall-know, that God the Father hath and doth affect them with a most peculiar love, both glorious for the manner, and incomparable for the measure of it, even next unto the Lord Jesus: and this shall be discovered by the fruits of this love, and the amazing expressions of the riches of his mercy, which then shall appear upon the faithful, in their deliverance from so great evils which is wrought for them, the crowning of them, with that Excessive, Exceeding weight of glory, with which they shall stand possessed, and that unto the astonishment of the ungodly, and the torment of their Souls with envy and indignation thereat.
Though the world and wicked men cannot discern, nor rightly understand what this love is, nor the spiritual Nature of it, which is done by a spiritual light; yet they may know, and then they shal-know, that God the Father hath and doth affect them with a most peculiar love, both glorious for the manner, and incomparable for the measure of it, even next unto the Lord Jesus: and this shal be discovered by the fruits of this love, and the amazing expressions of the riches of his mercy, which then shal appeare upon the faithful, in their deliverance from so great evils which is wrought for them, the crowning of them, with that Excessive, Exceeding weight of glory, with which they shal stand possessed, and that unto the astonishment of the ungodly, and the torment of their Souls with envy and indignation thereat.
No man knows the affection of a Father, or Husband, but those that are in that estate and condition: because its a secret of Nature, which is only to be seen in the impression of the work: yet that a Father loves his Son, above all other his dearest friends, and nearest acquaintance: ⟨p. 187⟩That the Husband tenders his Spouse with an endeared affection above all mortal creatures: This appears by the expressions of his respect, that all he hath, is at her command, all he can do, is wholly improved for her content and comfort, she lies in his Bosom, and his heart trusts, in her, which forceth all to confess, that the stream of his affection, like a mighty current, runs with full Tide and strength; Though what that affection is, he doth not know: yet this he knows, The choicest affection is there.