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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 12
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 JOHN 2.12. I write unto you little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his names sake.
Because your sins are forgiven you for his sake, for whose sake? there is no name mentioned either before, or after, till we come to the sixth Verse, this Verse therefore hath reference to vers. 6. I write unto you, because your sins are forgiven you for his names sake, that is, for Christs sake, so that the Commandment of walking after Christ, to walk as he hath walked, he now amplifies by the motive to stir them up to it, and that is taken from pardon of sin, Little Children, [Greek or Hebrew] not [Greek or Hebrew] not Babes, as vers. 13. he calls Babes, [Greek or Hebrew] so that this word, [Greek or Hebrew] is of three sorts, some Fathers, some Young-men, some Babes.
BEcause your sins are forgiven you for his sake, for whose sake? there is no name mentioned either before, or after, till we come to the sixth Verse, this Verse therefore hath reference to vers. 6. I write unto you, because your sins are forgiven you for his names sake, that is, for Christs sake, so that the Commandement of walking after Christ, to walke as he hath walked, he now amplifies by the motive to stir them up to it, and that is taken from pardon of sin, Little Children, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 not 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 not Babes, as vers. 13. he calls Babes, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 so that this word, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is of three sorts, some Fathers, some Young-men, some Babes.