John Trapp on John 17:3

Verſe 3. That they may know thee] To know God in the face of Chriſt, is Heaven afore-hand, Qui non habet Chriſtum in horoſcopo, Bucholcer. non habet Deum in medio Coeli. By his knowledge ſhall my righteous ſervant juſtifie many, ſaith God concerning Chriſt, Iſa. 53.11. that is, by faith; which infolds aſſent of the judgement, conſent of the will, and affiance or aſſurance of the heart. Papiſts place faith in the will only, and exclude knowledge. Nay, Bellarmine affirmeth that faith may be better defined by ignorance (that mother of devotion) then by knowledge. They dig out mens eyes (as they dealt by Samſon) and then make ſport with them; they confine faith to the will, that they may doe what they will with the underſtanding and the heart; as the Friers ſend men on pilgrimage, that they may lie with their wives the while. Heyl. Geog. 288