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A34689:2166
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.
1 John 4.3. 2 Epist. John 7. the name of Antichrist shows he is such a one as is against Christ, an enemy to Christ, 2 Thes. 2.4, he is called [Greek or Hebrew].
1 John 4.3. 2 Epist. John 7. the name of Antichrist shews he is such a one as is against Christ, an enemy to Christ, 2 Thes. 2.4, he is called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
A man may deny Jesus to be the Christ, either grossly and assertively; or else cunningly and fraudulently; of ancient Heretics, some denied the manhood of Christ, and some the God-head, and some palpably denied his Office of mediation and redemption. But that false Antichrist did not deny him palpably and grossly, 2 Thes 2.2. for first, Antichrist is said to work in a mystery. Secondly, that he should sit in the Temple of God, 2 Tim. 2.4. so ⟨p. 179⟩that he should keep some correspondency with Christ, and his, and sits as a Member of Christ, otherwise no Church would suffer him; so that he should not openly and grossly deny Christ, but he should deny him to be that Christ that is anointed of God, anointed to be King, Priest and Prophet; therefore if you shall find any in the Church to deny Christ to be King, Priest and Prophet of his Church, that is Antichrist; therefore observe how their Doctrine cuts asunder the whole work of Redemption.
A man may deny Jesus to be the Christ, either grosly and assertively; or else cunningly and fraudulently; of ancient Heriticks, some denyed the manhood of Christ, and some the God-head, and some palpably denyed his Office of mediation and redemption. But that false Antichrist did not deny him palpably and grosly, 2 Thes 2.2. for first, Antichrist is said to work in a mystery. Secondly, that he should sit in the Temple of God, 2 Tim. 2.4. so ⟨p. 179⟩that he should keep some correspondency with Christ, and his, and sits as a Member of Christ, otherwise no Church would suffer him; so that he should not openly and grosly deny Christ, but he should deny him to be that Christ that is anoynted of God, anoynted to be King, Priest and Prophet; therefore if you shall finde any in the Church to deny Christ to be King, Priest and Prophet of his Church, that is Antichrist; therefore observe how their Doctrine cuts asunder the whole work of Redemption.
1 For his prophetical office, the Church of Rome denies it; Christ is anointed to be a Prophet to teach his Church by his Word, and by his Spirit in his Word; they deny his Prophetical Office.
1 For his prophetical office, the Church of Rome denies it; Christ is anoynted to be a Prophet to teach his Church by his Word, and by his Spirit in his Word; they deny his Propheticall Office.
1 By adding other unwritten traditions to the Word of God, as necessary.
2 By preferring the Vulgar Translation to be more authentical than the Original languages.
3 By denying the use of the Scripture to the common people, and telling them, it is obscure and dangerous for them.
4 By suspending the authority of his Word, not upon the Testimony of his Spirit, but on the Church of Rome; so that if you ask a Papist, why they receive the Gospel of St. Matthew, and deny that of St. John, they say, because the Church hath received the one, and renounced the other; and so they make the Scripture to depend on general councils, especially on the Pope.
2 The Lord teacheth his Church by his Spirit, which they evacuate.
1 By confining this Spirit to councils, and Clergy-men, and not to the common people.
2 They evacuate this teaching of the Spirit, by making it a conjectural thing, and probable, but not of any certain knowledge, and thus Antichrist denies his Prophetical Office.
2 They evacuate this teaching of the Spirit, by making it a conjecturall thing, and probable, but not of any certain knowledge, and thus Antichrist denies his Prophetical Office.
For the Priestly Office of Christ, which consists, first, in offering sacrifice; secondly, in intercession, for the application of his sacrifice.
Now the Church of Rome evacuates his Priestly office, first, in his sacrifice.
1 By adding other sacrifices, and so they make his not to be sufficient, and they add two Sacrifices, first, the Sacrifice of merits, and they say they merit, first, by works done, as building of Churches, Monasteries, &c. which they say satisfy for mens sins; and secondly they merit by suffering, as Pilgrimages and Purgatory, and so by indulgences and Pardons.
1 By adding other sacrifices, and so they make his not to be sufficient, and they add two Sacrifices, first, the Sacrifice of merits, and they say they merit, first, by works done, as building of Churches, Monasteries, &c. which they say satisfie for mens sins; and secondly they merit by suffering, as Pilgrimages and Purgatory, and so by indulgences and Pardons.
2 They evacuate the Sacrifice of Christ, by evacuating the Redemption of Christ.
1 By making it not plentiful; whereas the Redemption of Christ is a plenteous redemption both for body and soul, they say he redeems us from eternal pains, but not from temporal, from Purgatory.
1 By making it not plentifull; whereas the Redemption of Christ is a plenteous redemption both for body and soule, they say he redeems us from eternall pains, but not from temporall, from Purgatory.