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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.
3. When we do all for the glory of God, Gal. 2.20. The life I now live, I live by faith in the Son of God. So far a man lives, as he denies his own sufficiency, and depends on Christ for assistance, and hath respect to Gods commandments as his rule, Psal. 119.6. and aims at the glory of God as his end. Zech. 7.5, 6. When ye fasted, did ye fast unto me at all? Did ye it to bring any service or glory to me? Did ye it not for your selves, for your own safety and deliverance? Why, if we go upon such principles, we want life, till we be in Christ we detain all the graces we have in unrighteousness, to magnify our selves, to bring about our own ends.
3. When we doe all for the glory of God, Gal. 2.20. The life I now live, I live by faith in the Son of God. So far a man lives, as he denies his own sufficiency, and depends on Christ for assistance, and hath respect to Gods commandements as his rule, Psal. 119.6. and aimes at the glory of God as his end. Zech. 7.5, 6. When ye fasted, did ye fast unto me at all? Did ye it to bring any service or glory to me? Did ye it not for your selves, for your own safety and deliverance? Why, if we goe upon such principles, we want life, till we be in Christ we detain all the graces we have in unrighteousnesse, to magnifie our selves, to bring about our own ends.
Obj. May not a good Christian have his heart so dead that he is unfit for prayer, or hearing, or any holy duty, that he is unwilling to pray at all or to receive the Sacrament at all? Will you say such a soul is dead, because unfit for motion?