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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 11
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 JOHN 5.11. And this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life, &c.
Vers. 7, 8. having declared the three witnesses in heaven, and three on earth, that bear witness of the divinity of Christ, vers 9.10. he exhorts us to receive their testimony in these 10, & 11. vers. he tells us what this divine record is, which he presseth us to believe, and this record is threefold.
VErs. 7, 8. having declared the three witnesses in heaven, and three on earth, that bear witnesse of the divinity of Christ, vers 9.10. he exhorts us to receive their testimony in these 10, & 11. vers. he tels us what this divine record is, which he presseth us to believe, and this record is threefold.
1 Of an heavenly gift, eternal life. 2 That this life is given us by Christ. 3 That this life is given only to believers.