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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
A COMMENTARY UPON The First Epistle general OF JOHN. › Chapter 4 › Verse 12
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.
1 JOHN 4.12. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
IN these words the Apostle stirs us up to brotherly love, and that from the benefit of it, which is two-fold.
1 Fellowship with God, vers. 13, 14, 15, 16.
2 From the perfection of his love to the end, both mentioned in the 12 Verse. The fellowship we have with God is invisible: No man hath seen God a any time.
How can we love God since we never saw him?