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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.
A third effect of spiritual life is growth, that which lives grows, until it comes to full maturity, and then it either stands at a stay, or begins to decay; but a spiritual life grows up to full perfection, and then it continues in that perfect estate for ever in heaven, 1 Pet. 2.2. & 3.18. Eph. 4.11, 12. Col. 2.19. If a Christian grows, he lives.
A third effect of spirituall life is growth, that which lives grows, untill it comes to full maturity, and then it either stands at a stay, or begins to decay; but a spirituall life grows up to full perfection, and then it continues in that perfect estate for ever in heaven, 1 Pet. 2.2. & 3.18. Eph. 4.11, 12. Col. 2.19. If a Christian grows, he lives.
Obj. Doth not many a Christian stand at a stay, or oft-times go back, and lose his first love and fruitfulness?
Obj. Doth not many a Christian stand at a stay, or oft-times go back, and lose his first love and fruitfulnesse?