A44344:940
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.
USE, 1.
CONSOLATION: To sustain, and shore up the fainting hearts of the Saints under their heaviest trials, and in the midst of the many alterations and temptations, which may attend them in their daily course, to the discomfort and discouragement of their Hearts.
Its the care of our Saviour to provide for their comfort, ⟨p. 202⟩when happily they cannot either care, or provide for themselves and their own relief and succour; ignorant and unskilful to foresee, we•k to oppose, unable to bear the miseries, and hopeless to deliver themselves from under them: behold, the Lord Jesus hath said in help before-Hand for you in Heaven.
Its the care of our Savior to provide for their comfort, ⟨p. 202⟩when happily they cannot either care, or provide for themselves and their own relief and succour; ignorant and unskilful to foresee, we•k to oppose, unable to bear the miseries, and hopeless to deliver themselves from under them: behold, the Lord Jesus hath said in help before-Hand for you in Heaven.