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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 1
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.
This Phrase of speech (from the beginning) is ambiguous, and must be interpreted according to the nature of the thing to which it is attributed.
First, Sometimes it signifieth from the beginning of the story of Christ, Luke 1.2.
Secondly, The time of the delivery of the Law, 1 John 2.7.
Thirdly, Institution of a thing, Mat. 19.8.
Fourthly, Of the Fall, John 8.44