A34689:1796
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.
Use 1. If this time of the Gospel, he the last time, then hence we may certainly conclude, that not so much time by much, shall pass from Christ to the end of the World, as was from Adam to Christ, for then how can they be called the last times? and if it were the last time then, what is it now?
Ʋse 1. If this time of the Gospel, he the last time, then hence we may certainly conclude, that not so much time by much, shall passe from Christ to the end of the World, as was from Adam to Christ, for then how can they be called the last times? and if it were the last time then, what is it now?
Use 2. If these be the last days, we must not wonder if we meet with perilous times, for such should they be, 1 Tim. 3.1. now are the dregs of the last times; wonder not therefore if you see haters, and scorners, in these last times; when men once grow aged, they grow cold and distempered, and if they have any spirit, it is a spirit of morosity; such is the spirit of these times, froward against good, testy and malignant, wonder not at it, these are the last times.
Ʋse 2. If these be the last dayes, we must not wonder if we meet with perilous times, for such should they be, 1 Tim. 3.1. now are the dreggs of the last times; wonder not therefore if you see haters, and scorners, in these last times; when men once grow aged, they grow cold and distempered, and if they have any spirit, it is a spirit of morosity; such is the spirit of these times, froward against good, teasty and malignant, wonder not at it, these are the last times.
Use 3. If these be the last times, then how vain is it to deliver or expect