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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
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Fourthly, There is this gentleness in every living Christian, he is willing to deny himself upon unequal terms, when he might stand upon his right, yet he yields his right, rather then any offence should grow; so Abraham did to Lot, Gen. 13.8, 9. If we find it thus, we are loving Christians; but if men be hardly pleased, like Nabal, churlish, hardly recalled, will not yield, but stand upon their right to the utmost, then they are in a deep swoon, or dead.
Fourthly, There is this gentlenesse in every living Christian, he is willing to deny himselfe upon unequall terms, when he might stand upon his right, yet he yeelds his right, rather then any offence should grow; so Abraham did to Lot, Gen. 13.8, 9. If we finde it thus, we are loving Christians; but if men be hardly pleased, like Nabal, churlish, hardly recall'd, will not yeeld, but stand upon their right to the utmost, then they are in a deep swound, or dead.
3. Whilst the body is alive, its savoury, a dead carcass is very unsavoury; mark your spirits, every living Christian is a sweet savour to God, his words are savoury, Col. 4.5, 6. Ephes. 4.29. His works savour well in the nostrils of God and man, Ephes. 5.10. But if your speeches and carriages be unsavoury, uncomely, and profane, are ye not then carnal? 1 Cor. 3.3. But a good Christian so carries himself, that the bowels of the Saints are refreshed by him. Unsavoury speeches and carriages argue the deadness of such a soul.
3. Whilest the body is alive, its savoury, a dead carkase is very unsavoury; mark your spirits, every living Christian is a sweet savour to God, his words are savoury,