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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.
Reas. 1. From the love we owe to our Brethren. God requires larger love towards our Brethren then towards our Ox or Ass, and yet God requires that if we see them lying under their burden, we should help them up, Deut. 22.4. Now if God require so much help to their beast, much more to our Brethren's souls, that if we see them going astray, or sinking under the burden of sin, we should raise them up again.
Reas. 1. From the love we owe to our Brethren. God requires larger love towards our Brethren then towards our Oxe or Asse, and yet God requires that if we see them lying under their burthen, we should help them up, Deut. 22.4. Now if God require so much help to their beast, much more to our Brethrens souls, that if we see them going astray, or sinking under the burden of sin, we should raise them up again.
2. From the love we owe to our selves; this benefit we shall reap by it, we shall learn to keep better watch our selves, when we see our Brethren fall, Rom. 11.20. We must not by their falls grow high-minded, and pride our selves that we are not so bad as they, but their falls must be our fears.
Q. With what eyes should we look at the falls of our Brethren?