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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.
Obj. All these are but suavis quidam motus, & cannot produce a divine faith.
Answ. Can the testimony of men produce an humane certainty, and cannot three divine witnesses in heaven, and three on earth, produce more then an humane probability? If not, how doth the text say, their testimony is greater then the testimony of men?
Answ. Can the testimony of men produce an humane certainty, and cannot three divine witnesses in heaven, and three on earth, produce more then an humane probabilty? If not, how doth the text say, their testimony is greater then the testimony of men?
Object. How comes it to pass then, that this witness is so low sometimes, that we can hardly discern it?
Object. How comes it to passe then, that this witnesse is so low sometimes, that we can hardly discern it?
Answ. We so grieve the Spirit of God sometimes, that he delights not to reveal himself to us; but this is our own fault, that we so black this evidence, that we cannot read it; but if we maintain and cherish it, it will be a strong testimony to our souls.