...not commit sin, for his seed remaineth in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God: in this the children of God are manifest, and the children...whosoever doeth not righteousness, is not of God." Now what can be the import of this passage? To interpret it rigorously according, to the strict letter...

...commit sin : for " his seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin, " because he is born of God : in this the children " of God are manifest, and the children...devil; whosoever doeth not righteousness is not " of God."4 If therefore any man be born of God, f 1 John ii. 29- rtyinvrtu, has been lorn, or begotten....

...goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes. (1 John* ii. 10, 11.) :"V .\o Again :—In this tlte Children of God ARE MANIFEST, and the children of...devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness, is not of Godj neither he that loveth not his brother : for this is the message that ye heard from the beginning^...

...neighbour. But St. John has assured из, " If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar. Whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.'' Deceive not yourselves, therefore, by thinking that you truly believe the Gospel, that you possess...

...from the beginning. He that doth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous ; whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother." He that sinneth is of the devil, he that is born of God sinneth not, a course of sinning is what is...

...contemns the vile; the other hates the just, and speaks well of the false prophets ; " and in this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil." There is some milk, reader, and some strong meat; " some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel,"...

...P. 62.' ' \Ve will not bear with those who put a wrong interpretation * upon this passage, " In this the children of God are manifest, "'and the children of the devil;" as if some men were * saved, and others perish, by nature; for we come into this holy adoption; not...

...committeth sin, is of the devil. Ver. 9. Whosoever is born of God, doth not commit sin. Ver. 10. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. This was the Apostolic criterion; and therefore if any pretended to conversion, if any pretended to...

...— p. 62. " We will not bear with those who put a wrong interpretation upon this passage, ' In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil (u) ;' as if some men were saved, and others perish by nature; for we come into this holy adoption,...

...seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this," adds the Apostle, " the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil." By this plain mark (the committing or not committing sin) are they distinguished from each other. To...