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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. How dost thou find thy stomach to the Word? dost thou relish it, or else art thou ashamed of thy unprofitableness? Then there is life.
3. How dost thou finde thy stomach to the Word? dost thou relish it, or else art thou ashamed of thy unprofitablenesse? Then there is life.
4. Dost thou love to be disjointed from thy Brethren, like brands cast one from another? Then there is no life. Life loves to preserve it self; if you sit loose one from another all heat and life goes out, religion ceaseth, there is a bidding farewell to all Christian duties; but if you see bone join to bone, one gather to another, then you shall see flesh and sinews will cover them, and life will come in, Ezek. 37.7. Put brands together, and there will be some fire and heat propagated.
4. Dost thou love to be disjoynted from thy Brethren, like brands cast one from another? Then there is no life. Life loves to preserve it selfe; if you sit loose one from another all heat and life goes out, religion ceaseth, there is a bidding farewell to all Christian duties; but if you see bone joyn to bone, one gather to another, then you shall see flesh and sinews will cover them, and life will come in, Ezek. 37.7. Put brands together, and there will be some fire and heat propagated.
2. A second property of life. Where life is, there is some pliableness and flexibleness, a dead carcass is always stiff: So consider whether you be stiff or no; why, if there be life of grace in you, That wisdom that is from above, is gentle, and easy to be entreated,