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A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first…A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first…
A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first Epistle general of John by ... John Cotton ...A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first Epistle generall of John by ... John Cotton ...
London: printed by M.S. for Thomas Parkhurst, 1658
A COMMENTARY UPON The First Epistle general OF JOHN. › Chapter 2 › Verse 9, 10, 11
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 custom of this Apostle St. John, is, after he hath delivered any Doctrine to make some application of it, for the joy of Gods children, for the end of his writing to them was, that their joy might be full, cap. 1.4. and so he doth here, for having in the former verse said, that in the Children of God darkness is passing, and true light now shining, here he gathers a sign whereby he may know whether our darkness be passing, and our light springing, and that is from brotherly love, in this ninth verse, and tenth, where you have a description of him that hates his Brother, and of him that loves his Brother: the first he describes by four things.
THe custom of this Apostle St. John, is, after he hath delivered any Doctrin to make some application of it, for the joy of Gods children, for the end of his writing to them was, that their joy might be full, cap. 1.4. and so he doth here, for having in the former verse said, that in the Children of God darknesse is passing, and true light now shining, here he gathers a sign whereby he may know whether our darknesse be passing, and our light springing, and that is from brotherly love, in this ninth verse, and tenth, where you have a description of him that hates his Brother, and of him that loves his Brother: the first he describes by four things.
1 He is in darkness; He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is us darkness.
1 He is in darknesse; He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is us darknesse.
2 He ever was in darkness; he is in darkness even until now; that is, as yet he never was out of darkness.