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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 16
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. God is love effect […] he is the […] of love, 1 […] Christ is called Wisdom, because he gives […]; so God […] if there be a […] to […] 1 John 4.•• and so if any show love to […].
2. God is love effect 〈…〉 he is the 〈…〉 of love, 1 〈…〉 Christ is called Wisdome, because he gives 〈…〉; so God 〈…〉 if there be a 〈…〉 to 〈…〉 1 John 4.•• and so if any shew love to 〈…〉.
3 God is love […] God full of love and mercy, we […] is wisdom it self, or love it self, without a […] Aco• deus non predicatur de […] man wisdom, or a […] but ••re God transcends all […] abstracts, God is love, from where may be […] it's of the divine Essence, we may […] God is a Spirit, that is, it's not a […] but love is essential and natural to him, […] and wisdom.
3 God is love 〈…〉 God full of love and mercy, we 〈…〉 is wisdome it selfe, or love it selfe, without a 〈…〉 Aco• deus non predicatur de 〈…〉 man wisdome, or a but re God transcends all abstracts, God is love, from where may be it's of the divine Essence, we may God is a Spirit, that is, it's not a but love is essential and natural to him, and wisdome.