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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.
It is not the having of the World, for Davids mountain was strong, Joseph had his will in Egypt, Abraham was rich, but though they had the World, yet they had not the love of the World, Jam. 4.3, 4. whosoever is a friend to the World, is an enemy to God; it is not the Lordship of the World, but the friendship of the World, that is enmity against God, for the time shall come, that they that take the Lambs part, shall be Princes of the World; and Saint James calls the love of the World Adultery; as a woman that makes her self a friend to another man, and bestows that love upon him, which her Husband only should enjoy, is an enemy to her Husband, so a man that is a friend to the World, or to the lusts of it, is an enemy to God, alienated from him, and he would have them know, that there is no worldly covetous man, but he knows that his love of the World is enmity against God, it is the World that hinders you from the Word, and Prayer, and good duties.
It is not the having of the World, for Davids mountaine was strong, Joseph had his will in Aegypt, Abraham was rich, but though they had the World, yet they had not the love of the World, Jam. 4.3, 4. whosoever is a friend to the World, is an enemy to God; it is not the Lordship of the World, but the friendship of the World, that is enmity against God, for the time shall come, that they that take the Lambs part, shall be Princes of the World; and Saint James calls the love of the World Adultery; as a woman that makes her selfe a friend to another man, and bestows that love upon him, which her Husband only should injoy, is an enemy to her Husband, so a man that is a friend to the World, or to the lusts of it, is an enemy to God, alienated from him, and he would have them know, that there is no worldly covetous man, but he knows that his love of the World is enmity against God, it is the World that hinders you from the Word, and Prayer, and good duties.
Reas. 1 From the amplitude of that love which we owe to God, which cannot therefore be divided to others; Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and all thy soul, and mind, and strength,