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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.
Reas. 1. From the same Law-giver that gives all the Commandments, Jam. 2.10, 11. he that breaks one, breaks all; if in obedience to Gods Law thou love him, the• in obedience to the same Law thou wilt love thy brother also.
Reas. 1. From the same Law-giver that gives all the Commandements, Jam. 2.10, 11. he that breaks one, breaks all; if in obedience to Gods Law thou love him, the• in obedience to the same Law thou wilt love thy brother also.
2 From the n•• ••finity betwixt the Commandments, they are like to the links in a chain, break one, you break all: If a man love not his brother, how can he love God, or worship him, or keep his Sabbaths? He that hath not respect to all Gods Commandments, hath respect to none.
2 From the n•• ••finity betwixt the Commandements, they are like to the links in a chain, breake one, you breake all: If a man love not his brother, how can he love God, or worship him, or keep his Sabbaths? He that hath not respect to all Gods Commandements, hath respect to none.
Use 1 Gives us a free trial of our sincerity or hypocrisy, If God give thee an heart to have respect to every Commandment, and therefore to make conscience of them all; why, then thy profession is true and sincere, though thou canst not say that thou keepest one of them aright, yet if thou be conscionable unto them all, and it grieves thee, that thou canst not perform that indeed which in heart thou respectest, thy heart is sound; contrary, if we shake off the bonds of these Commandments, or break but one willingly, we have no truth in us: Jehu had no respect to walk in all the Commandments of God, and therefore was an hypocrite, if a man take not heed to all the Commandments; he takes heed to none at all: When the two Harlots came before Solomon, his judgment was that the child should be divided betwixt them, the Harlot was willing, but the true Mother would by no means endure it: so if thou give God undivided obedience, thy heart is sound, but if you divide with God, and some part you will give to God, and some part keep for your lusts; why, you have the heart of an Harlot, and all your works are dead works.