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An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on…An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on…
An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reverend divine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his own hand ...An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reuerend diuine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his owne hand ...
London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for John Bartlett, 1630London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for Iohn Bartlett, 1630
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.
The Father loveth the Sonne.] This is here expressed by a kind of propriety, [Greek or Hebrew], he loveth him alone, none like him, him in, and for himself, vid. Col. 1.13. Ephes. 1.6. Matth. 3.17. [Greek or Hebrew], a word that signifieth one, that only, and wholly beloved.
The Father loueth the Sonne.] This is here expressed by a kind of propriety, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, he loueth him alone, none like him, him in, and for himselfe, vid. Col. 1.13. Ephes. 1.6. Matth. 3.17. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a word that signifieth one, that onely, and wholly beloued.
Reason of this is not grace and favour, but Nature, because Christ is his Son: as earthly men do love their children, because they come from themselves, and are of their substance. vid. Pro. 8.30. Heb. 1.2. Now according to the greatness of the persons loving and loved, so is the love, viz. every way infinite, the like whereof is not in the World to be found. So that Christ is he in whom is the beginning of Gods love, and on whom it doth rest, and from whom it is conveyed to all other. This, first, doth greatly amplify the love of God, that he would give the Son of his love to us: and of Christ, that being his Fathers delight, he would come from his bosom for our sakes. How great a love were it for a King to give his only son for a poor Captive. This thing was so highly accepted of God in Abraham, that he did not spare his only son, that it was an occasion why God did swear so to bless his posterity: