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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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5 That he might confirm his new covenant, the New Testament to us, ⟨p. 360⟩Mat. 26.28. This is the blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Now, without the death of the Testator no Testament is in force. Heb. 9.1•, to 21. It's accounted a sacrilegious thing to violate the Testament of the dead. So it is with Christ; for a man to call any of his promises into question, is a sacrilegious violation of his Testament.
6 That he might keep in us everlasting nourishment to feed on in our hearts, John 6.56. So that his blood may be his wine to cheer us, that by the comfort of his blood, and mediation applied to our souls, we might have wherewith to sustain our selves in the worst times. This is meat indeed, and drink indeed, no nourishment our souls can feed on, but this; our souls cannot feed on pleasures and profits, spirits must feed upon spiritual things. Those are beggarly naked souls that have nothing but lands and riches to feed on, the souls food is holy spiritual things; and if the ordinances yield you any good or comfort, whence comes this, but only from the blood of Christ that hath besprinkled all these ordinances, and made them effectual, Heb. 9.19. It's the blood of sprinkling that makes every ordinance effectual to us.
6 That he might keep in us everlasting nourishment to feed on in our hearts, John 6.56. So that his blood may be his wine to chear us, that by the comfort of his blood, and mediation applyed to our souls, we might have wherewith to sustain our selves in the worst times. This is meat indeed, and drink indeed, no nourishment our souls can feed on, but this; our souls cannot feed on pleasures and profits, spirits must feed upon spiritual things. Those are beggerly naked souls that have nothing but lands and riches to feed on, the souls food is holy spirituall things; and if the ordinances yeeld you any good or comfort, whence comes this, but only from the blood of Christ that hath besprinkled all these ordinances, and made them effectuall,