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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.
2. Christs advocation breeds confidence in us, 1 Joh. 2.1, 2•. Christ pleads with his Father on our behalf for the hearing our petitions, and for the granting of what we want. An Advocate puts the petition, that it may be was rudely drawn by a man, into a form of Law, and so it holds currant in Law; so doth Christ with our prayers, he puts them into a right form and so pleads for us.
2. Christs advocation breeds confidence in us, 1 Joh. 2.1, 2•. Christ pleads with his Father on our behalfe for the hearing our petitions, and for the granting of what we want. An Advocate puts the petition, that it may be was rudely drawn by a man, into a form of Law, and so it holds currant in Law; so doth Christ with our prayers, he puts them into a right form and so pleads for us.
2. The atonement or propitiation of Christ, is another cause of confidence, 1 Joh. 2.2. So that whereas many a Christian may be afraid that his prayers shall never be heard, he is so sinful and unclean; Why, (saith St. John) If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, and he is the propitiation for our sins. He is not only an Advocate but a propitiation, to make atonement for our sins, that they shall not hinder our acceptance.
2. The atonement or propitiation of Christ, is another cause of confidence, 1 Joh. 2.2. So that whereas many a Christian may be afraid that his prayers shall never be heard, he is so sinfull and unclean; Why, (saith St. John) If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, and he is the propitiation for our sins. He is not onely an Advocate but a propitiation, to make atonement for our sins, that they shall not hinder our acceptance.