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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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Doct. 3. Antichristian teachers deny the Father, and the Son.
Before, he had said they deny the Christ, but he goes further, and saith, They deny the Father, and the Son, because he that denies the Son denies the Father; the reason is because of that near relation that is betwixt them, vers. 23. and so contrariwise; the truth of this appears in Saint Johns time, for some made themselves the Christ, and some God the Father, as Simon Magus, and Menander made themselves the Christ, and so took away the Father-hood, and the Son-ship; some again taught, that the Father came down and took flesh, and was buried, and so often descended into cloven Tongues, so that they denied the several Persons.
Before, he had said they deny the Christ, but he goes further, and saith, They deny the Father, and the Son, because he that denies the Son denies the Father; the reason is because of that neer relation that is betwixt them, vers. 23. and so contrariwise; the truth of this appears in Saint Johns time, for some made themselves the Christ, and some God the Father, as Simon Magus, and Menander made themselves the Christ, and so took away the Father-hood, and the Son-ship; some againe taught, that the Father came down and took flesh, and was buried, and so often descended into cloven Tongues, so that they denied the several Persons.
But that great [Greek or Hebrew], the Antichrist of Rome, he denies the Father, and the Son.