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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 our life was the end why God sent Christ: Or thus; God therefore sent Christ, that we might live by him▪ Joh. 1.10, 11.
Quest. What is the life that Christ came to procure for us?
Answ. 1. A life of Gods favour in points of Justification, sanctification, and consolation, that is the chiefest life for the soul of a christian, the manifestation of Gods love to his conscience; though God loved us before he sent Christ, yet we knew not so much: there is a life of Justification, Rom. 5.18. that is, the pardon of our sins.
Answ. 1. A life of Gods favour in poynts of Justification, sanctification, and consolation, that is the chiefest life for the soul of a christian, the manifestation of Gods love to his conscience; though God loved us before he sent Christ, yet we knew not so much: there is a life of Justification, Rom. 5.18. that is, the pardon of our sins.