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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 1 › Verse 5
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.
Use 1. Observe Gods Simplicity of Nature, he is in the Light, the Light is in him: he is Light it self, which shows that whatsoever is in him is himself; the Sun, though light be in it, yet it is not Light it self.
Ʋse 1. Observe Gods Simplicity of Nature, he is in the Light, the Light is in him: he is Light it self, which shews that whatsoever is in him is himself; the Sun, though light be in it, yet it is not Light it self.
Use 2. Then no wonder if we cannot see the full Wisdom of the ways of God, who can look on the Sun in its full strength? Yet the Sun is not Light it self: whose eyes doth not his glorious Light dazzle? 1 Tim. 6.16. Rom. 11 33, 34.
Ʋse 2. Then no wonder if we cannot see the full Wisdom of the wayes of God, who can look on the Sun in its full strength? Yet the Sun is not Light it self: whose eyes doth not his glorious Light dazle? 1 Tim. 6.16. Rom. 11 33, 34.
Use 3. If in Gods Light there be no drams of darkness or ignorance, then he knoweth all things, Joh. 21.17. Four things especially.
Ʋse 3. If in Gods Light there be no drams of darknesse or ignorance, then he knoweth all things,