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Prima the first things, in reference to the middle and last things
Prima the first things, in reference to the middle and last things: or, the doctrine of regeneration, the new birth, the very beginning of a godly life. Delivered by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amounderness in Lancashire.
London: printed by J.F. for I.A., 1650
Appendix › Chapter 5 › Section 5: The promises procuring obedience to Christ.
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.
1 Joh. 2.5, 6. He that keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected, hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith, he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
1 Joh. 3.6, 9. Whosoever abideth in him, sinneth not. — Whosoever is born of God, doth not commit sin, for his seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1 Joh. 3.24. He that keepeth his Commandments, dwelleth in him, and hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
1 Joh. 5.18. We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not, but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.