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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 6, 7: 1 JOH. 1.6, 7.
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.
The Subject was God-man, that which was seen and heard was Man, ⟨p. 26⟩the Word of Life, that is God-man; this is amplified by some adjuncts in the second verse, of manifestation, and of declaration.
The end of his Doctrine was double;
The end of his Doctrin was double;
1 Subordinate, to bring on Christians to fellowship with the Apostles, and lest they should despise them, he tells them their fellowship was not base, it was with the Father, and his Son Jesus Christ.
2 The supreme and main end was, that their joy might be full; fullness of joy in the Spirit, is the main end of this Epistle.
2 The supream and main end was, that their joy might be full; fulnesse of joy in the Spirit, is the main end of this Epistle.