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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 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, Ephes. 4. ult.
2 He purges filth: If our hearts be purified from uncleanness and sinful distempers, there the heart runs clear in love, and there dwells, 1 Pet. 1.21. But if the heart be full of mud, it will run foul in hatred.
2 He purges filth: If our hearts be purified from uncleannesse and sinfull distempers, there the heart runs clear in love, and there dwels, 1 Pet. 1.21. But if the heart be full of mud, it will run foul in hatred.
3 He works love. If we love our brethren, it must be from the love of God in us, if there be love, it is from God; if there be hatred, it is from the Devil,