The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved

1 JOHN 5.13. These things have I written unto you that believe on the Name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have Eternal Life.

1 JOHN 5.13. These things have I written unto you that beleeve on the Name of the Son of God, that yee may know that yee have Eternal Life.

The greatness of the mercy, in having of the Scripture is manifested by the great advantages that the Elect of God receive thereby: viz. ^athat they might be brought to close with Christ by faith unfeigned, and be partakers of eternal life through him, that bad men might be made good, & that good men might be made sure of an eternal blessed state, in the life to come, whereby the Lord hath abundantly provided both for our happiness and our comfort: for our happiness that we may have eternal life:^b for our comfort, that we may know we have eternal life. I cannot stay to view the context. I need not stay to explain the Text. The case of conscience to be treated of from this Scripture is this.

THe greatness of the mercy, in having of the Scripture is manifested by the great advantages that the Elect of God receive thereby: viz. ^athat they might bee brought to close with Christ by faith unfeigned, and bee partakers of eternal life through him, that bad men might bee made good, & that good men might bee made sure of an eternal blessed state, in the life to come, whereby the Lord hath abundantly provided both for our happiness and our comfort: for our happiness that wee may have eternal life:^b