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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
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Reas. 1. From God, who hath not sanctified their writings to this end, to the conversion of the Gentiles, but to their establishment, the Apostle here speaks of them that knew the main truth, though they were Ignorant of many particular truths; if men be converted to the truth; and brought to prize Christ and walk in obedience, there may be great use of the Apostles writings to establish them in the truth, we never read that they wrote to any Kingdoms where themselves had not been or sent; they wrote not to Persia, or Spain, or France, but to such places as they had been at, and if God had sanctified their writings to the conversion of the Gentiles, it had been more fit to write to such places, where they were not likely to come, rather than such places as they came at, 1 Cor. 1.2. but we see that God hath so ordered it, that men should be called by the foolishness of preaching, Rom. 10 13, •4, 15▪ and not of writing, it is not his writing to them, but he must be sent to them, so that the work of conversion is wrought by the preaching of the Gospel.
Reas. 1. From God, who hath not sanctified their writings to this end, to the conversion of the Gentiles, but to their establishment, the Apostle here speaks of them that knew the main truth, though they were Ignorant of many particular truths; if men be converted to the truth; and brought to prize Christ and walk in obedience, there may be great use of the Apostles writings to establish them in the truth, we never reade that they wrote to any Kingdomes where themselves had not been or sent; they wrote not to Persia, or Spaine, or France, but to such places as they had been at, and if God had sanctified their writings to the conversion of the Gentiles, it had been more fit to write to such places, where they were not likely to come, rather than such places as they came at, 1 Cor. 1.2. but we see that God hath so ordered it, that men should be called by the foolishnesse of preaching, Rom. 10 13, •4, 15▪ and not of writing, it is not his writing to them, but he must be sent to them, so that the work of conversion is wrought by the preaching of the Gospel.