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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.
Quest. Who those three Persons be, and why so called?
Answ. The first Person is the Father, so called,
1. Chiefly because he is the Father of Christ, 1 Pet. 1.3. Partly by eternal generation, as he is God; partly by adoption, as he is man.
1. Chiefly because he is the Father of Christ, 1 Pet. 1.3. Partly by eternall generation, as he is God; partly by adoption, as he is man.
2. As he is the Father of all the Elect, 1 Pet. 1.3, 5. John 20.17.