...eommand'ment from the Fa'ther. 5 And now I beso'eeh thec, la'dy, not' as though I wro'te a new' eommand'ment un'to thee, but that' which we had' from the begin'ning, that we lov'e one anoth'er. 6 \na tjiis' is lov'e, that we wa'lk after his epmmand'ments. Tjiis' is the eommand'ment, That, as ye...

...beginning." And in his second Epistle to the elect lady, he says, speaking of the same commandment ; " That which we had from the beginning, that we love one another." Now according to this argument, what could John have meant, but that all those to whom he wrote existed,...

...commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another ;" while the beloved disciple writes, (2 John 5), " not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee,...had from the beginning, that we love one another. The same commandtnent is both old and neiv, according as we take onr position on the side of Him from...

...commandment from the Father. 5 And now I beseech thee, lady, /not as though I wrote a nev.commandinent unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning,...is love, that we walk after his commandments. This in the commandment, That, 13.lTi.3-4. He. 10. 26. elTi.1.2. t Gr. íhall be. d v«. 1. • 3 Jo. Э....

...send thee far hence unto the Gentiles 378 SERMON XXXVII. ST. JOHN. 2 JOHN 5. — And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment...we had from the beginning, that we love one another . 391 SEEMON XXXVIII. ALL SAINTS. PAGE REVELATION vii. 9, 10.— After this I beheld, and lo ! a great...

...December 22nd, 1839. SERMON XXXVII. ST. JOHN. 2 JOHN, 5. And now I beseech thee, lady, not as thaugh I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which...had from the beginning, that we love one another. I ENDEAVOURED last Sunday to give a sort of outline of the life of St. Paul, and to connect most of...

...declaration, the exigency suggested the following text : 2d Epistle of John, verse 5th, "And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment...had from the beginning, that we love one another." She returned it with the following : 2d chapter of Ruth, 10th verse, " Then she fell on her face and...

...beseech thee, lady. /i Jo. aT, Ga. 1/8, 9. 3 Ti. 3. 5. •peed, is partaker of his evil deeds. 8. t 3. U. /not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the be|F John 13. 34 .4., 12. Ep. 3. 5. 1 V». 4. S. 1 Til. 3. 10. r 3 Jo. 13. It r Having many things...

...p. 191. But this is impossible if the former statement be true; for "this is few," says the Apostle, "that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment that as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it:" 3 John 6. This verse seems to be made for the occasion. True...

...first view, appears to be less easily reconcileable with my assertions. It is this : And now I beseech thee, Lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we liad from the begin' ning, that we love one another. 2 John 5. That St. John here referred to the general...