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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 9, 10
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 A minori, If we receive the witness of men, how much the more ought we to receive the witness of God?
1 A minori, If we receive the witnesse of men, how much the more ought we to receive the witnesse of God?
2 From the divinity of this testimony, whatsoever any of these fix witnesses speak, their testimony is not from the earth, but from God, verse 9.
3 From the nearness of this testimony, in the heart and conscience of every believer, and therefore the rather to be credited, because it is an inward testimony that we feel in our own hearts.
3 From the nearnesse of this testimony, in the heart and conscience of every believer, and therefore the rather to be credited, because it is an inward testimony that we feel in our own hearts.