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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 20, 21
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These words continue the discourse hegun, verse 12: wherein he useth two motives to stir us up to love our Brethren.
THese words continue the discourse hegun, verse 12: wherein he useth two motives to stir us up to love our Brethren.
1 From the fellowship such have with God, amplified from the 13. verse to 16.
2 From the soundness of Gods love to such; from verse 17. to the end.
2 From the soundnesse of Gods love to such; from verse 17. to the end.
In these two verses, he argues this truth by the contrary, viz. that such as hate their Brethren, their love is not perfect but unsound: If any man say, he loves God, and hates his brother, he is a liar, then he loves not God, this he proves by a double argument.