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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
A COMMENTARY UPON The First Epistle general OF JOHN. › Chapter 1 › Verse 2
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.
2 To the Creature, Prov. 8.31. (rightly translated, Vid. Jun. […] ) If the Creature can fill and ravish us with servile delights, how much more can the Persons of the blessed Trinity one another, yea and us also? seeing the several delights which are scattered in the Creatures, as in Meats, Drinks, Company, Recreation, &c. are not so delightful as Christ, Psal. 4.6, 7. Psal. 16. ult.
2 To the Creature, Prov. 8.31. (rightly translated, Vid. Jun. 〈…〉 ) If the Creature can fill and ravish us with servile delights, how much more can the Persons of the blessed Trinity one another, yea and us also? seeing the severall delights which are scattered in the Creatures, as in Meats, Drinks, Company, Recreation, &c. are not so delightfull as Christ, Psal. 4.6, 7. Psal. 16. ult.
Use 1. Hence we learn,
Ʋse 1. Hence we learn,
1. Our Saviour Christs Conjunction with the Father.