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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
A COMMENTARY UPON The First Epistle general OF JOHN. › Chapter 1 › Verse 7
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 JOHN 1.7. But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have Fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all our sins.
The scope of the Apostle St. John was to deliver what he had heard and seen from Christ, and to this end, that their joy might be full.
THe scope of the Apostle St. John was to deliver what he had heard and seen from Christ, and to this end, that their joy might bee full.
His first Message was, that God is light, verse 5. and from thence he descends to gather a certain sine of our fellowship with God, or want of it, a sign of the want of it he lays down, verse, 6. he that walketh in darkness hath no Fellowship with him; now in the 7th verse, he lays down a sign of our enjoying this Fellowship with God.
His first Message was, that God is light, verse 5. and from thence hee descends to gather a certain sine of our fellowship with God, or want of it, a signe of the want of it hee layes down, verse, 6. he that walketh in darkness hath no Fellowship with him; now in the 7th verse, hee layes down a signe of our injoying this Fellowship with God.