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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.
3 For Comfort, Psalm 97.11.
4 For Glory; now Darkness is contrary to all these; now therefore to walk in the light, is to walk in the ways of Knowledge, Purity, Comfort, and Glory: But what is it to walk?
4 For Glory; now Darknesse is contrary to all these; now therefore to walk in the light, is to walk in the waies of Knowledge, Purity, Comfort, and Glory: But what is it to walk?
It is commonly took for the whole course of a Christian life, but in borrowed speech there are some significations therein.
1 It implies, That a Christian course is a voluntary motion, a man is not said to walk that is pulled and haled, no motion more voluntary than walking.