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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.
Doct. That there is in the Church of God two sorts of teachers, and two sorts of hearers, some of God, some of the world.
Quest. Why are good teachers and good hearers said to be of God?
Answ. 1. They are of God, because they are of a divine Original, they are born from on high, from the seed of the eternal God, John 8.23. I am from above, saith Christ; and such are those that are regenerate, they are descended from God: whereas those that have no higher off-spring then flesh and blood are of the world.
Answ. 1. They are of God, because they are of a divine Originall, they are born from on high, from the seed of the eternall God, John 8.23. I am from above, saith Christ; and such are those that are regenerate, they are descended from God: whereas those that have no higher off-spring then flesh and blood are of the world.