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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
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4. It causeth weariness of life, so that a soul long exercised with this kind of fear, cries out in bitterness, and heartily wisheth for death, Job 7.15. My soul chooseth strangling rather then life, if he might have his choice he would rather choose strangling then life; there are worse effects then those proceeding from this fear, when Satan sets on withal against us.
4. It causeth wearinesse of life, so that a soule long exercised with this kind of fear, cryes out in bitternesse, and heartily wisheth for death, Job 7.15. My soul chooseth strangling rather then life, if he might have his choyce he would rather choose strangling then life; there are worse effects then those proceeding from this fear, when Satan sets on withall against us.