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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.
Use 1. This shows us what our condition is without Christ, if God send Christ, that we might live through him, then in Gods fight without Christ, we are dead, as dead flies, dead worms in a cold frost; we are utterly dead without true peace, we are like thorns that give a blaze; but we lye down in sorrow, Isa. 50.11. Christ is our life, without him we can do nothing, we are not able to put forth any spiritual action.
Ʋse 1. This shewes us what our condition is without Christ, if God send Christ, that we might live through him, then in Gods fight without Christ, we are dead, as dead flyes, dead wormes in a cold frost; we are utterly dead without true peace, we are like thorns that give a blaze; but we lye down in sorrow, Isa. 50.11. Christ is our life, without him we can doe nothing, we are not able to put forth any spirituall action.
2 Let us try our estates, Whether can we say that God sent his Son into the world, and hereby manifested his love to us? Do you live in Gods sight? without him we are but dry bones, until we can say we live in Christ, we cannot say we have any sense of Gods favour.