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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…

Name: A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first…
Author: John Cotton

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 ...

John Cotton 1584–1652London: printed by M.S. for Thomas Parkhurst, 1658

[9], 431 [i.e. 423], [7] p. · 297k words · Wing C6452 · ESTC R5113

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A COMMENTARY UPON The First Epistle general OF JOHN. › Chapter 5 › Verse 2 › Doct. It is a behovefull point to a Christian ••s comfort, not onel…: Doct. It is a behovefull point to a Christian ••s comfort, not only to love Gods child…A COMMENTARY UPON The First Epistle general OF JOHN. › Chapter 5 › Verse 2 › Doct. It is a behovefull point to a Christian ••s comfort, not onel…: Doct. It is a behovefull point to a Christian ••s comfort, not onely to love Gods child…

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Reas. 2. From […] they may […] 22.6. They […] love her. If therefore God […] we […] him, and his […], we know we fall under a covenant of […] I will blessed ••m that bless thee, Gen. 22.3. […] contra•• Let them be […] and turned back that have •• will to Zion; let […] be to the c•en on the […], thereof the m••er filleth •ot his lay, neither […] pass […] God […] •0.5, th• Implying, that lives in an estate […] of […] shall never prosper in the outward or inward man, […] shall […] as the corn on the house top; and as God […] him not, […] no• from him, so man blesseth him•••, because he is turned from him, •od its […] shall be turned b• If we •oe not love our Brethren, every thing […] again […] A man that wants a spirit of love, hath no ground […] for blessing, he withers as the corn on the house […] hot weather, […] no root. If a man have not his heart softened […] •ove […] his Brother, these is something within him which will not suffer […] there want […] and moisture, upon which he •ight prosper; […] grow• […] b•de he yields no service en•• to God ••an. […] hopes the spa•• •f love […] blessings.

Reas. 2. From 〈…〉 they may 〈…〉 22.6. They love her. If therefore God we him, and his , we know we fall under a covenant of I will blessed m that blesse thee,

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Doct. The keeping of Gods commandments, and the easiness of that yoke, is an undoubted sign of our unfeigned love to God; that is, If we be willing to bear the yoke of Christ, and account it easy, that evidently argues that the love of God in our hearts is sincere.

Doct. The keeping of Gods commandements, and the easinesse of that yoke, is an undoubted signe of our unfained love to God; that is, If we be willing to bear the yoke of Christ, and account it easie, that evidently argues that the love of God in our hearts is sincere.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Doct. The keeping of Gods commandments, and the easiness of that yoke, is an undoubted sign of our unfeigned love to God; that is, If we be willing to bear the yoke of Christ, and account it easy, that evidently argues that the love of God in our hearts is sincere.

Doct. The keeping of Gods commandements, and the easinesse of that yoke, is an undoubted signe of our unfained love to God; that is, If we be willing to bear the yoke of Christ, and account it easie, that evidently argues that the love of God in our hearts is sincere.

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