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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.
2 The peace of that soul whose sins are mortified; now where God is, where God keeps the soul, there is peace that passeth understanding, both pardoning sin, and mortifying corruption: When Jacob was with Laban, and Joseph in Potiphars house, all was well; much more will all be well, where God himself is.
2 The peace of that soule whose sinnes are mortified; now where God is, where God keeps the soul, there is peace that passeth understanding, both pardoning sin, and mortifying corruption: When Jacob was with Laban, and Joseph in Potiphars house, all was well; much more will all be well, where God himself is.
Reas. 1. From Gods nature, for God is love, where sparks fly out of the Chimney, there is fire; so where you see love in the lips, carriage and heart of a man there is the presence of the blessed God.
Reas. 1. From Gods nature, for God is love, where sparks flye out of the Chimney, there is fire; so where you see love in the lips, carriage and heart of a man there is the presence of the blessed God.
2 From Gods operations: Where God dwells, he pardons sin, and purifies the conscience, or prospers the outward man, and there is a spirit of love in that mans heart; where God freely pardons, there is much forgiven, & where is much forgiven there is much love, Luk. 10.43.47. where we have a thousand forgiven, we shall be ready to forgive an hundred, Ephes. 4. ult.
2 From Gods operations: Where God dwels, he pardons sin, and purifies the conscience, or prospers the outward man, and there is a spirit of love in that mans heart; where God freely pardons, there is much forgiven, & where is much forgiven there is much love, Luk. 10.43.47. where we have a thousand forgiven, we shall be ready to forgive an hundred,