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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
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3. When the Father hath thus delivered the Soul unto the care of Christ; he then gives Christ to the Soul, reveals the Lord Jesus as the Surety and Saviour, that hath covenanted with the Father, and hath purchased all from the Father for him; so that there is nothing that can stand betwixt Mercy and him.
3. When the Father hath thus delivered the Soul unto the care of Christ; he then gives Christ to the Soul, reveals the Lord Jesus as the Surety and Savior, that hath covenanted with the Father, and hath purchased al from the Father for him; so that there is nothing that can stand betwixt Mercy and him.
This Christ and Mercy, so provided, and intended for his good, is now rendered and given to him. Behold thy Saviour, who is the Head of the Covenant of Grace, who hath purchased, and procured, by the Fathers Appointment, all good for thee, and can, and will, communicate all good to thee: This leaves a mighty impression of the sweet of the good upon the Soul.
This Christ and Mercy, so provided, and intended for his good, is now rendered and given to him. Behold thy Savior, who is the Head of the Covenant of Grace, who hath purchased, and procured, by the Fathers Appointment, al good for thee, and can, and wil, communicate al good to thee: This leaves a mighty impression of the sweet of the good upon the Soul.
Thus God tendering Christ, and through him mercy, as he that hath covenanted with the Father, and undertaken for the soul, commended to his care by the Father. This tender of a Christ, and of Mercy in him, makes the Soul take it: this offering of Christ, as one, to whom he was before given to save, works the heart to receive Christ, and that is believing, which is thus wrought (as ye see) by the giving of the Soul to Christ.