A44344:946
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, 2. Instruction.
The worst condition of a believer, is better than the best Estate of the wicked: The poverty of the Saints better than their wealth: The discouragement of the Saints better than all their contentments and comfort. Because in all, the Lord Jesus hath provided for their good, and out of all will work their welfare and happiness. A little that the righteous hath, is better than a great deal of the wicked, for God blesseth his store. Though the Diet be but mean, yet the dressing is much, and the sweetness ⟨p. 204⟩of the sauce makes it more pleasant, and cordial, than better provision that wants both. Ps. 37.16, 17. Gods love, that sweetens all: and the virtue of our Saviours Prayer, that perfumes and gives a pleasing relish to all. It turns the Water of the Saints into wine, nay make their Water better than Wine. For thy Love is better than Wine.
The worst condition of a beleever, is better than the best Estate of the wicked: The poverty of the Saints better than their wealth: The discouragement of the Saints better than al their contentments and comfort. Because in al, the Lord Jesus hath provided for their good, and out of al wil work their welfare and happiness. A little that the righteous hath, is better than a great deal of the wicked, for God blesseth his store. Though the Diet be but mean, yet the dressing is much, and the sweetness ⟨p. 204⟩of the sauce makes it more pleasant, and cordial, than better provision that wants both.