A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first…

Doct. The Apostles of Christ, when they could not be present with the Children of God, they were willing to advertise them by writing of things behoveful.

So Paul writ his epistles when he was absent, and Peter, and James, and Christ himself to the seven Churches.

2 They wrote to them to help their memories, 2 Pet. 1.12, 13.14.

3 To establish them in knowledge received, and to confirm them.

4 To stir them up to practise those things they knew, and remembered, and were established in, 2 Pet. 1.12, 13.

4 To stir them up to practise those things they knew, and remembred, and were established in, 2 Pet. 1.12, 13.

5 Moses gives the reason, Deut. 17.19, 20. he would have the King to read the book of the Law, that he might learn to fear God, and keep his Commandments, &c.

5 Moses gives the reason, Deut. 17.19, 20. he would have the King to read the book of the Law, that he might learn to fear God, and keep his Commandements, &c.

6 That by this means their joy might be full; when they thus understood and remembered, and practised, it would increase their joy, which was the end of St. Johns writing this Epistle.

6 That by this means their joy might be full; when they thus understood and remembred, and practised, it would increase their joy, which was the end of St. Johns writing this Epistle.

Use 1. To refute the Papists, who with-hold these writings from the Common-people; to what end did they write them, if little children might not read them? Fathers, Young-men, Babes, St. John wrote to all, and would have all read them.

Ʋse 1. To refute the Papists, who with-hold these writings from the Common-people; to what end did they write them, if little children might not read them? Fathers, Young-men, Babes, St. John wrote to all, and would have all read them.

Use 2. To stir us up to constant reading of the Scripture daily; how often? why the greatest man in the Kingdom must read them once a day at the least, Deut. 17.19. it will help our knowledge, our memories, establish us, stir us up to practise, help us to fear God, to grow in joy, and fullness of consolation; what an help was it to the Bereans, that they read daily? it wonderfully helped their faith and comfort, therefore many of them believed, and were confirmed in Grace; what if we be in a Journey, or Sick, what then? why in this case we must mediate in the Law of God, Psal. 1.2.

Ʋse 2. To stir us up to constant reading of the Scripture daily; how often? why the greatest man in the Kingdome must read them once a day at the least, Deut. 17.19. it will help our knowledge, our memories, establish us, stir us up to practise, help us to fear God, to grow in joy, and fulnesse of consolation; what an help was it to the Bereans, that they read daily? it wonderfully helped their faith and comfort, therefore many of them believed, and were confirmed in Grace; what if we be in a Journey, or Sick, what then? why in this case we must mediate in the Law of God, Psal. 1.2.

I write unto you because your sins are forgiven.

Doct. All the children of God have their sins forgiven them.

Acts 10.43. Ephes. 1.7. sometimes remission of sin is called the covering of sin, Psalm 32.1, 2. if sin be forgiven it is covered, it is not imputed unto us.

Sometimes it is called the throwing of them into the bottom of the Sea, Micah 7.18, 19. God when he forgives iniquity and sin, drowns them as deep out of sight, as things in the bottom of the Sea.

Sometimes it is called the throwing of them into the bottome of the Sea, Micha 7.18, 19. God when he forgives iniquity and sin, drowns them as deep out of sight, as things in the bottom of the Sea.

Sometimes it is called a changing of them, Isa. 1.18. Come let us reason together, though your sins were as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; they are quite changed, though they were deep scarlet sins, yet they shall be made as white as snow.