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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
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.
To this also I say, That the greater the Angels sin was, the greater is their misery, and the greater their misery is, the greater mercy had God showed to have redeemed them.
To this also I say, That the greater the Angels sin was, the greater is their misery, and the greater their misery is, the greater mercy had God shewed to have redeemed them.
Thirdly, The Angels conceiving things, not by discourse, but by a present view of all things that any way pertain to those things they turn themselves unto, they do all things with so full resolution, that they cannot alter their mind, or repent; but man conceiving things by discourse, findeth them in the event many times to prove otherwise than he expected, and so may come to alter his mind, and be fit to be brought to repentance.
Thirdly, The Angels conceiving things, not by discourse, but by a present view of all things that any way pertain to those things they turn themselves unto, they doe all things with so full resolution, that they cannot alter their mind, or repent; but man conceiving things by discourse, findeth them in the event many times to prove otherwise than he expected, and so may come to alter his mind, and be fit to be brought to repentance.
To this take this answer, That the Angels being of a finite nature, must needs conceive one thing after and upon another, which is discourse, and so subject to error, and so of themselves capable of repentance; was not the Devil deceived in Job? Job 1.11.
To this take this answer, That the Angels being of a finite nature, must needs conceive one thing after and upon another, which is discourse, and so subject to error, and so of themselves capable of repentance; was not the Devill deceived in Job?