A34689:1890
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.
Doct. Such as are true Members of the Church, do keep continual fellowship with the Church, and do never depart from the Church.
If they had been of us, that is, of our fellowship which is with the Father, they would have continued for ever with us, Psal. 125.1. They that trust in the Lord, shall be as mount Zion, which shall never be moved; God gives a man true fellowship with him by trusting in him, and such stand as a mountain, or rock, that cannot be removed, an the cause of it is, because God in a special manner protects them; Gods protection stands as an hill about him, so that none can climb over God to come at them, 1 Tim. 2.19. The foundation of God standeth sure, &c. the foundation, some take it for election, some for their faith, such a man doth set to his seal that the Lord is true.
If they had been of us, that is, of our fellowship which is with the Father, they would have continued for ever with us, Psal. 125.1. They that trust in the Lord, shall be as mount Zion, which shall never be moved; God gives a man true fellowship with him by trusting in him, and such stand as a mountain, or rock, that cannot be removed, an the cause of it is, because God in a special manner protects them; Gods protection stands as an hill about him, so that none can climbe over God to come at them, 1 Tim. 2.19. The foundation of God standeth sure, &c. the foundation, some take it for election, some for their faith, such a man doth set to his seal that the Lord is true.