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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.
Doct. It is the honour of aged men, of fathers, when they know him which was from the beginning.
When they know the Father of eternity, the Ancient of days, this is that which is an honour to old men, both before God and man, viz. the knowledge of Christ dispensed from the beginning, as 1 Joh. 1.1.
When they know the Father of eternity, the Antient of dayes, this is that which is an honour to old men, both before God and man, viz. the knowledg of Christ dispensed from the beginning, as 1 Joh. 1.1.
From the beginning is not to be understood in relation to time, but Eternity, he doth not say, That was with the beginning, but from the beginning, before the beginning, Joh. 8. Before Abraham was, I am; he was before the World; now the knowledge of Christ is the honour of aged persons.