A34689:1835
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.
A. Sometimes it doth so, yet not always, for sometimes it signifies a State, as we say, [Greek or Hebrew] the King made this Law; here we understand the Kings afore, or present, or them that shall come after, Mat. 13.3. [Greek or Hebrew] The Sower went forth, here it is not spoken of one singular Minister, Paul or Peter, but of every Minister of the Gospel.
A. Somtimes it doth so, yet not always, for sometimes it signifies a State, as we say, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 the King made this Law; here we understand the Kings afore, or present, or them that shall come after, Mat. 13.3. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 The Sower went forth, here it is not spoken of one singular Minister, Paul or Peter, but of every Minister of the Gospel.
Obj. 2 Thes. 2.8.
A. True, he shall continue till the coming of Christ, and shall be abolished by the spirit of his mouth, and therefore it cannot be said of one singular person, no man liveth such an Age as is from the Council of Nice to the coming of Christ.