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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.
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.
By the Spirit is meant, the Spirit of God breathing in the Word, and in the conscience of Gods people, both are here included.
For 1. the Spirit breathing in the Scripture, is one of the chiefest testimonies, that is born to Christ, John 5.39. and therefore this witness may not be omitted.
For 1. the Spirit breathing in the Scripture, is one of the chiefest testimonies, that is born to Christ, John 5.39. and therefore this witnesse may not be omitted.