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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.
2 He that believes that he is the Son of God in whom he is well pleased, Mat. 3.17. So that he is that mighty power and wisdom of God, in whom his Father is well pleased. This faith overcomes the world.
2 He that believes that he is the Son of God in whom he is well pleased, Mat. 3.17. So that he is that mighty power and wisdome of God, in whom his Father is well pleased. This faith overcomes the world.
1 Because this kind of faith cannot be attained by any humane means, but by an heavenly revelation from God the Father, Mat. 16.16. And in that age when St. John wrote this, there was no humane reason to induce us to believe it.
1 All antiquity of the Gentiles was against it. They had heard of Jupiter Apollo and Hercules, but Christ seemed a new God to them, Acts 17.18.