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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.
1 That he should expiate our sins, that is, make satisfaction for our Sins, a man may be a means of Reconciliation without satisfaction, but he cannot be Propitiation without offering satisfaction for the wrong done; now Christ did make satisfaction for our sins, Heb. 2.17. and to make satisfaction, he did offer a satisfactory sacrifice for our sins, 1 Pet. 2.24. he bearing the sin and punishment due thereunto, it is as much as if we had done it.
2 To be a Propitiation it is required, that he make peace and reconciliation, for though a man sometimes recompense and satisfy a wrong, yet the ⟨p. 53⟩Party wronged will not be at peace with him, and reconciled to him, but Christ hath taken upon him to reconcile God to us, so as that his wrath is turned from us, and favour restored to us, Col. 1.21. now this reconciling implies Three things.
2 To be a Propitiation it is required, that he make peace and reconciliation, for though a man sometimes recompence and satisfie a wrong, yet the ⟨p. 53⟩Party wronged will not be at peace with him, and reconciled to him, but Christ hath taken upon him to reconcile God to us, so as that his wrath is turned from us, and favour restored to us, Col. 1.21. now this reconciling implies Three things.