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…

1 For the First, a man that knows Christ, may, and ought to come to know that he knows him, or hath fellowship and communion with him; hereby we know that we know him, here is actio reflexa, the Senses they do not reflect themselves, the eye sees other mens faces, not its own, but by reflection in a Glass, but in our Spiritual knowledge we may more sensibly discern our Spiritual estate, than our faces in a Glass, for we see not that, but in another Me•lium, but a man knows his knowledge of Spiritual things directly, he not only knows, but knows that he knows what is meant by these.

1 For the First, a man that knows Christ, may, and ought to come to know that he knows him, or hath fellowship and communion with him; hereby we know that we know him, here is actio reflexa, the Senses they do not reflect themselves, the eye sees other mens faces, not its own, but by reflection in a Glasse, but in our Spiritual knowledge we may more sensibly discern our Spiritual estate, than our faces in a Glasse, for we see not that, but in another Me•lium, but a man knows his knowledge of Spiritual things directly, he not onely knows, but knows that he knows what is meant by these.

To know Christ, is not only to know his Nature, and Person, and Offices, that he is God man, and that he is our Advocate, and Reconciler, and Propitiation, the Devil knows thus much; so that a Spiritual knowledge is not superficial, but such a knowledge as is operative, not dead, but lively, not naked, but such a knowledge as is joined with acquaintance, such a knowledge as works us to obedience, Psal. 9.10. Isa. 53.11. and that works us to Mortification, Gal. 6.14. such a knowledge as makes all the World dead to us; As a man that hath set his affections on a woman, it deeds his affections to all others,