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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.
The three principal witnesses, for he doth compare them to the three witnesses in Heaven.
The three principall witnesses, for he doth compare them to the three witnesses in Heaven.
Quest. What these three witnesses be?
Answ. The Spirit partly breathing in the Scripture, partly in the conscience of men.
First, The Spirit breathing in the Scriptures, for they in a special manner bear witness to Christ, and they are called Testaments, and indeed they are so far witnesses, as no witness is to be received, unless it be ⟨p. 368⟩consonant to the testimony of the Scripture, Gal. 1.7, 8. and it is not Paul, or Peter, that testifies this, but the Spirit breathing in them, otherwise Christ receives not the testimony of men, neither doth the conscience of a Christian receive the testimony of any living man, except he find the Spirit breathing in him; for let God be true, and every man a liar. This Spirit breathing in the Scripture is a Spirit of power, and perfection, the Spirit of power in the Scripture, is discerned partly, 1. In convincing men,