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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 5 › Verse 6
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.
1. By the manner of his coming, he came by water and blood.
1. By the manner of his coming, he came by water and bloud.
2. By the witness born to him, which are, First, in general, the Spirit, v. 6. Secondly, more particularly the witnesses are distinguished into two parts, three in heaven, and three on earth, v. 7, 8.
2. By the witnesse born to him, which are, First, in generall, the Spirit, v. 6. Secondly, more particularly the witnesses are distinguished into two parts, three in heaven, and three on earth, v. 7, 8.
It is the Spirit that beareth witness here, Christs coming is confirmed by the witness of the Spirit, and that Spirit amplified by the certainty, that Spirit is truth.
It is the Spirit that beareth witnesse here, Christs coming is confirmed by the witnesse of the Spirit, and that Spirit amplyfied by the certainty, that Spirit is truth.