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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
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3. Children are capable of the seals of the Covenant of Grace, Gen. 17.7, 8. therefore capable of the righteousness of faith, Rom. 4.11. so that we see little children may know God as their Father.
3. Children are capable of the seals of the Covenant of Grace, Gen. 17.7, 8. therefore capable of the righteousnesse of faith, Rom. 4.11. so that we see little children may know God as their Father.
Q. How soon do children come to be capable of this grace, to know God as their Father?
Q. How soon doe children come to be capable of this grace, to know God as their Father?
1. They are capable of the habits and gifts of grace from their first Conception, Luke 1.15. he was sanctified from his Mothers womb, and the reason is, as soon as capable of sin, capable of grace.