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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
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Reas. 2 There is a power in love, to fit us to dispense Gods ordinances willingly, and likewise willingly to have them dispensed to us, which doth exceedingly help us to walk constantly, and inoffensively, 1 Thes. 3.12, 13. love is apt to interpret all things well, 1 Cor. 13.7. and for want of this it is, that men withdraw themselves one from another, and so exhort not one another, and therefore are they subject to fall away, Heb. 10.24, 25, 26. every good duty establisheth us in grace, now love is strong in good duties, and therefore it is, that he that loves his Brother, walks constantly and inoffensively, in the state of Grace.
Reas. 2 There is a power in love, to fit us to dispence Gods ordinances willingly, and likewise willingly to have them dispenced to us, which doth exceedingly help us to walk constantly, and inoffensively, 1 Thes. 3.12, 13. love is apt to interpret all things well, 1 Cor. 13.7. and for want of this it is, that men withdraw themselves one from another, and so exort not one another, and therefore are they subject to fall away, Heb. 10.24, 25, 26. every good duty establisheth us in grace, now love is strong in good duties, and therefore it is, that he that loves his Brother, walks constantly and inoffensively, in the state of Grace.
Reas. 3 Because there is an holy light that shines about love, now in the light one may see, and avoid all stumbling blocks.
Reas. 3 Because there is an holy light that shines about love, now in the light one may see, and avoyd all stumbling blocks.