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…John Cotton, 1658

Verse 5

pp. 23–2435 passages

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.

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1 JOHN 1.5. This then is the message which we have heard of him, &c.

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IN the four former Verses we had the Apostles Doctrine, or the Doctrine of the Gospel described.

IN the four former Verses we had the Apostles Doctrin, or the Doctrin of the Gospel described.

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1 By the subjects of it, Christ Jesus in his Divine and Human nature, verse 1, 2.

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2 By the ends of it; 1 Subordinate, Communion with God, verse 3.

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2 Supreme, Fullness of joy, verse 4. Here the same Doctrine is described,

2 Supream, Fulnesse of joy, verse 4. Here the same Doctrin is described,

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1 By a treble adjunct of it.

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