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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
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.
Ans. 1. Love enlargeth us to forgive injuries done unto us, and that moves God to forgive us our trespasses. To forgive us a work of love.
2 Love is ready to give, Acts 10.4. God was ready to give ear to the prayer of Cornelius, because he was ready to give alms.
3 There be to whom we can give little, but yet there is a good opinion and esteem to be had of them. Now this is a fruit of love to esteem well of our Brethren, and to judge charitably, and this prevails with God to have a good conceit of our prayers. If we be estranged and alienated from our Brother in ill conceits, we shall find God to be estranged to us. This was the fault of Job's friends, they had an hard conceit of him, which was for want of love, and this provoked God against them. Mat. 5.23, 24. God will accept of no prayer as long as he sees in us a harsh conceit of our Brother.
3 There be to whom we can give little, but yet there is a good opinion and esteem to be had of them. Now this is a fruit of love to esteem well of our Brethren, and to judge charitably, and this prevails with God to have a good conceit of our prayers. If we be estranged and alienated from our Brother in ill conceits, we shall finde God to be estranged to us. This was the fault of Job's friends, they had an hard conceit of him, which was for want of love, and this provoked God against them. Mat. 5.23, 24. God will accept of no prayer as long as he sees in us a harsh conceit of our Brother.