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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.
1. Faith directs us to put up our prayers only to him on whom we believe, Rom. 10.14. But we believe only in God, therefore neither Saints, nor Angels, nor the Mother of Christ, the Virgin Mary, are to be prayed to, but we are to pray to our Father only, Gal. 4.5, 6. Rom. 8.15.
1. Faith directs us to put up our prayers onely to him on whom we believe, Rom. 10.14. But we believe only in God, therefore neither Saints, nor Angels, nor the Mother of Christ, the Virgin Mary, are to be prayed to, but we are to pray to our Father onely, Gal. 4.5, 6. Rom. 8.15.
2. Faith makes us come with some child like confidence to God as our Father.
1. By Faith we come to God as our heavenly Father in Christ, and well affected to Christ, as loving us himself, Joh. 16.36.
1. By Faith we come to God as our heavenly Father in Christ, and well affected to Christ, as loving us himselfe, Joh. 16.36.