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<P><FONT SIZE=+3>First John</FONT>
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<BR>Completed by J<FONT SIZE=-1>OHN</FONT> R<FONT SIZE=-1>EYNOLDS, OF</FONT>
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S<FONT SIZE=-1>HREWSBURY</FONT>.</P>
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<P><B>AN</B></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+2>EXPOSITION,</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+1>W I T H P R A C T I C A L O B S E R V A T I O N S,</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=-1>OF THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+3><B>J O H N.</B></FONT>
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T<FONT SIZE=-1>HOUGH</FONT>
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the continued tradition of the church attests that this epistle came
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from John the apostle, yet we may observe some other evidence that will
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confirm (or with some perhaps even outweigh) the certainty of that
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tradition. It should seem that the penman was one of the apostolical
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college by the sensible palpable assurance he had of the truth of the
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Mediator's person in his human nature: <I>That which we have heard,
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which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our
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hands have handled, of the Word of life,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Jo+1:1"><I>v.</I> 1</A>.
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Here he takes notice of the evidence the Lord gave to Thomas of his
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resurrection, by calling him to feel the prints of the nails and of the
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spear, which is recorded by John. And he must have been one of the
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disciples present when the Lord came on the same day in which he arose
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from the dead, and showed them his hands and his side,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Joh+20:20">John xx. 20</A>.
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But, that we may be assured which apostle this was, there is scarcely a
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critic or competent judge of diction, or style of argument and spirit,
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but will adjudge this epistle to the writer of that gospel that bears
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the name of the apostle John. They wonderfully agree in the titles and
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characters of the Redeemer: <I>The Word, the Life, the Light; his name
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was the Word of God.</I> Compare
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Jo+1:1,5:7;Joh+1:1;Re+19:13"><I>ch.</I> i. 1 and v. 7
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with John i. 1 and Rev. xix. 13</A>.
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They agree in the commendation of God's love to us
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Jo+3:1,4:9;Joh+3:16"><I>ch.</I> iii. 1
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and <I>ch.</I> iv. 9; John iii. 16</A>),
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and in speaking of our regeneration, or being born of God,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Jo+3:9,4:7,5:1;Joh+3:5,6"><I>ch.</I> iii. 9; iv. 7;
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and v. 1; John iii. 5, 6</A>.
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Lastly (to add no more instances, which may be easily seen in comparing
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this epistle with that gospel), they agree in the allusion to, or
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application of, that passage in that gospel which relates (and which
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alone relates) the issuing of water and blood out of the Redeemer's
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opened side: <I>This is he that came by water and blood,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Jo+5:6"><I>ch.</I> v. 6</A>.
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Thus the epistle plainly appears to flow from the same pen as that
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gospel did. Now I know not that the text, or the intrinsic history of
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any of the gospels, gives us such assurance of its writer or penman as
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that ascribed to John plainly does. There (viz.
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Joh+21:24"><I>ch.</I> xxi. 24</A>)
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the sacred historian thus notifies himself: <I>This is the disciple
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that testifieth of these things and wrote these things; and we know
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that his testimony is true.</I> Now who is this disciple, but he
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concerning whom Peter asked, <I>What shall this man do?</I> And
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concerning whom the Lord answered, <I>If I will that he tarry till I
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come, what is that to thee?</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Joh+:22"><I>v.</I> 22</A>).
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And who
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Joh+:21:20"><I>v.</I> 20</A>)
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is described by these three characters:--
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1. <I>That he is the disciple whom Jesus loved,</I> the Lord's
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peculiar friend.
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2. <I>That he also leaned on his breast at supper.</I>
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3. That he said unto him, <I>Lord, who is he that betrayeth thee?</I>
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As sure then as it is that that disciple was John, so sure may the
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church be that that gospel and this epistle came from the beloved
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John.</P>
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The epistle is styled <I>general,</I> as being not inscribed to any
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particular church; it is, as a circular letter (or visitation charge),
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sent to divers churches (some say of Parthia), in order to confirm them
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in their stedfast adherence to the Lord Christ, and the sacred
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doctrines concerning his person and office, against seducers; and to
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instigate them to adorn that doctrine by love to God and man, and
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particularly to each other, as being descended from God, united by the
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same head, and travelling towards the same eternal life.</P>
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