A34689:1678
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.
3 When thou hast wealth, thou takest no care how to use it, thou grudgest to give any thing to Church or Common-wealth, or poor Friends; thou sayest, what if thy self and thy Children should want? why truly this needy eye is Covetousness, but when thou takest lawful pains, and it hinders thee in no good duty, if God cross thee thou art content, if God bless thee, thou art forward to be helpful to do any good, then thou art not covetous.
3 When thou hast wealth, thou takest no care how to use it, thou grudgest to give any thing to Church or Common-wealth, or poor Friends; thou saist, what if thy self and thy Children should want? why truly this needy eye is Covetousnesse, but when thou takest lawful pains, and it hinders thee in no good duty, if God crosse thee thou art content, if God blesse thee, thou art forward to be helpful to do any good, then thou art not covetous.
Use 2 Of exhortation to Young men, and Old-men, Love not the World; nor the things of the World; you see how such trespass against Piety, and Liberality, and Charity; it is the root of all evil, 1 Tim. 6.10. not so much the breeding root, as the feeding root of all evil, and it is called the root of all evil in three respects.
Ʋse 2 Of exhortation to Young men, and Old-men, Love not the World; nor the things of the World; you see how such trespasse against Piety, and Liberality, and Charity; it is the root of all evil, 1 Tim. 6.10. not so much the breeding root, as the feeding root of all evil, and it is called the root of all evil in three respects.