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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.
Reas. God hath stamped on old men the image of his Eternity, as on Magistrates the image of his Sovereignty, God himself is called the ancient of days, so that an old man bears a blush of the image of God; rich men carry the image of Gods Allsufficiency, Magistrates of his Sovereignty, old men of his Eternity.
Reas. God hath stampt on old men the image of his Eternity, as on Magistrates the image of his Soveraingty, God himselfe is called the ancient of dayes, so that an old man bears a blush of the image of God; rich men carry the image of Gods Allsufficiency, Magistrates of his Soveraignty, old men of his Eternity.
Use 1. To teach us to honour old men as our Fathers.
Ʋse 1. To teach us to honour old men as our Fathers.
2 It proves the rudeness of some young men that look at old men as base and contemptible, he speaks of it as a sign of confusion, (Isa. 3.5.) to those persons, when they see the hoary head pass by, rise not up, nor reverence him.
2 It proves the rudenesse of some young men that look at old men as base and contemptible, he speaks of it as a sign of confusion, (Isa. 3.5.) to those persons, when they see the hoary head passe by, rise not up, nor reverence him.