.qca/eof cátr/cremee. 14h.He thatfaith,I knowhirn andkeepes nothis commanclementes, is a Vale4 lier,and the tructh is not inhim. FRitb with Ch. Hon, Novit beprootted,that theenderrc;orto keep Godscommandments Once a nctc iramark!of Faith andfellowfhipwithCbrit? of an Hy- loh. LHe inwhom theloseofGodisperf ec7,may hereby know that bee it in pocrite. Chrift.] But he that keepethhis word,in him is the loueofGod : [ i. not that Verlc lour whcrwitbGod loueth him; but that, wherebyhe loueth God] is perfe& in.. deed:[i.fncereand found:perfeEtion being"oppofednot to imper f ectien, but to bypocrifae:] heerby[therefore weknow that wearc in him. He that faithhe remaineth inhim,ought towalkeucn fo, as hehath wal- ked:[andtherforehe me needsindcuour l imfelfin the commandements] irerfs Ch. Declare vntovsfame oftheprincipal!ofthcfecommandcments? lob Brethren, I write no new commandement vntoyou : But an oldcam- Vcrf y0 niandernent which yehaue heardfrom thebeginning : this olde comrnaunde- ment is the word whichye haue heard from the beginning. Vcr[ct Againe,a new commandement I write vntoyou,that which is true frowit that thecommandement is newwhich hcewillnowwrite] in him [who renuetk thecomandemeutofoldgiuen toMares] and allo in you,forthedarknes ispall [i. thehardeningoftheminds ofmess vnder theold! Teftament , wherby thcy did but inafinalmeafure vnderftandtheword[and that true light ]agreatermea- reere ofillmmination,as l fo thewritingofGods lawes,notin Tór6les effone,bast thefleJhieharts;faas/bey he transformedinto theobedicce therofjnow {Miner /. Ch. welfe tdown this commandement whichisfeanceem,& isnow renwed. ¡oh. Hethat íirth`armany among you do] that he is in that light[tbatis,that be itbothplentifullee enlightenedandbornanewj& hates his brother,is in dark- Vc rflo, neffe[vnder the!/fateofdamnation,natyet traely regenerate,]vntil this time, oinedwith He that loueth hisbrotherabideth in thatlight; [is truely enl, htenedand re- hatred and, generate:] and there is nooffence, [i.hewillgitseno occatian o feudj in him. malice, a But [onthecontrary] he that hated) his brother,is in darknes,and walketh note of an in darkneffe leadeth bis li ein ignoranceandvn odlane e and knoweth not }' P°crue. [ f g' ] i'erfeco whitherhegoethbecaufe that darknes bathblindedhis eics. Loueof out Ch. what moouethyoutodeliss:r?intovsall thefenotes andfives ofournew brotber,a birth,andcommunionwith Chi? figne cfre- 7oh. Little childrenl write vntoyou,becaufc your hnnc are forgiven you; ` crír `tts for hisnames fake [i. 6yChriftand hismerits;thatyeemay beecertified toyour Verfe iz comfort ofthis. ] [.4ndthatnokindormenamongyou might doubtofthis, ] I write untoyou Verí" t 3. Fathers,becaufe ye[delightirgto tell andhear ofoldeand ancientmatters]haue knownehitn[thatis, ChriflJ that isfrom thebeginning. I writevetoyouyong men,becaufeye dclghting to/hew yourvalourandflrength]h +ue ouercorn the euïll one,[thatis, Sathan.]I write voto you little children,[who delight alrvaves tobe under the Fatherswing,] becaufe ye haue knownetheFather. [rsdagaire,becaufewe aredsrlltomarkandremember that rrh;cb isgoodfar V.r!e ry Kk4 vs:
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