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13._o col._n 1._o 12._o 1._o thes_n 5._o 5._o 1_o tim._n 6._o 16._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 9_o 1_o joh._n 1._o 5_o 7._o chap._n 2._o 8._o rev._n 21._o 23_o 24._o chap._n 22._o 5._o and_o leâ—_n the_o great_a enemy_n to_o our_o assertion_n do_v his_o utmost_a to_o sever_v real_a light_n from_o light_n or_o find_v out_o two_o light_n in_o these_o passage_n if_o he_o can_v if_o he_o can_v he_o be_v irrecoverable_o go_v and_o that_o upon_o his_o own_o concession_n for_o as_o he_o yield_v to_o we_o that_o the_o light_n in_o controversy_n manifest_v evil_a and_o reprove_v for_o it_o so_o do_v christ_n himself_o teach_v thus_o of_o the_o light_n joh._n 3._o 12._o for_o every_o one_o that_o do_v evil_a hate_v the_o light_n neither_o come_v to_o the_o light_n lest_o his_o deed_n shall_v be_v reprove_v and_o the_o apostle_n paul_n plain_o say_v ephes_n 5._o 13._o but_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v reprove_v be_v make_v manifest_a by_o the_o light_n therefore_o not_o two_o distinct_a light_n in_o kind_n but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o manifest_v reprove_v light_n and_o this_o the_o apostle_n john_n prove_v beyond_o all_o exception_n to_o wise_a and_o considerate_a man_n first_o in_o that_o he_o call_v god_n light_n chap._n 1._o 5._o 2_o in_o that_o he_o put_v no_o medium_n or_o three_o thing_n between_o that_o light_n and_o darkness_n vers_fw-la 6._o if_o we_o say_v that_o we_o have_v fellowship_n with_o he_o and_o waâ—â—_n in_o darkness_n we_o lie_v intimate_v that_o man_n must_v walk_v either_o in_o light_n or_o â—arkness_n i_o be_o sure_a that_o which_o manifest_v and_o reprove_v darkness_n can_v be_v darkness_n and_o so_o say_v our_o adversary_n of_o our_o light_n and_o as_o if_o the_o apostle_n john_n will_v have_v anticipate_v their_o objection_n viz._n it_o be_v true_a your_o light_n within_o reprove_v for_o evil_a but_o it_o be_v not_o therefore_o the_o divine_a light_n which_o lead_v into_o high_a thing_n and_o which_o come_v by_o the_o gospel_n he_o thus_o express_v himself_o chap._n 2._o darkness_n be_v past_a and_o the_o true_a light_n now_o shine_v he_o that_o say_v he_o be_v in_o the_o light_n and_o hate_v his_o brother_n be_v in_o darkness_n even_o until_o now_o which_o be_v not_o another_o light_n from_o god_n the_o light_n chap._n 1._o for_o as_o light_v there_o be_v put_v in_o opposition_n to_o darkness_n so_o light_v here_o be_v put_v in_o opposition_n to_o darkness_n the_o darkness_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o so_o the_o light_n wherefore_o we_o may_v plain_o see_v that_o it_o be_v not_o another_o light_n than_o that_o which_o reprove_v a_o man_n for_o hate_v his_o brother_n that_o bring_v a_o man_n into_o fellowship_n with_o god_n and_o to_o the_o blood_n of_o cleanse_v as_o the_o next_o verse_n speak_v therefore_o that_o light_n which_o reprove_v a_o man_n for_o hate_v his_o brother_n be_v of_o a_o divine_a nature_n in_o short_a that_o light_n which_o be_v opposite_a to_o and_o reprove_v spiritual_a darkness_n be_v a_o spiritual_a light_n but_o such_o a_o light_n be_v that_o within_o as_o our_o adversary_n themselves_o confess_v therefore_o spiritual_a it_o be_v worth_a our_o notice_n that_o the_o apostle_n use_v the_o same_o manner_n of_o expression_n here_o chap._n 2._o 8._o the_o true_a light_n shine_v that_o he_o do_v in_o his_o history_n chap._n 1._o 9_o that_o be_v the_o true_a light_n intimate_v the_o same_o divine_a word_n or_o true_a light_n now_o shine_v and_o that_o it_o be_v that_o same_o true_a light_n for_o there_o be_v but_o one_o that_o reprove_v such_o as_o hate_v their_o brethren_n consequent_o that_o light_n that_o so_o reprove_v be_v the_o true_a divine_a light_n and_o strange_a it_o be_v that_o christ_n and_o his_o disciple_n but_o especial_o john_n shall_v so_o often_o make_v that_o very_a light_n which_o stoop_v to_o the_o low_a step_n of_o morality_n to_o the_o reproof_n of_o the_o gross_a evil_n to_o be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o same_o divine_a light_n that_o bring_v such_o as_o follow_v it_o to_o the_o light_n of_o life_n and_o those_o who_o walk_v in_o it_o to_o the_o blood_n of_o cleanse_v and_o to_o have_v fellowship_n with_o god_n etc._n etc._n nay_o not_o only_o so_o but_o make_v the_o very_o best_a of_o man_n be_v a_o child_n of_o god_n to_o depend_v upon_o his_o answer_v of_o the_o light_n in_o a_o palpable_a moral_a case_n viz._n not_o hate_v of_o his_o brother_n and_o yet_o that_o our_o adversary_n shall_v shut_v their_o eye_n from_o behold_v its_o divinity_n and_o conclude_v it_o therefore_o a_o mere_a natural_a light_n this_o be_v both_o unreasonable_a and_o unscriptural_a but_o here_o be_v the_o very_a ground_n of_o their_o ignorance_n and_o sleight_n apprehension_n of_o the_o light_n within_o they_o have_v never_o know_v it_o further_o than_o in_o the_o capacity_n of_o a_o reprover_n of_o evil_n though_o that_o be_v enough_o with_o a_o considerate_a and_o tender-spirited_n man_n to_o feel_v from_o whence_o it_o come_v and_o so_o conclude_v it_o unable_a to_o give_v either_o further_a discovery_n of_o god_n will_n or_o power_n and_o virtue_n to_o enable_v to_o do_v it_o but_o to_o all_o such_o as_o object_v against_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o the_o light_n of_o christ_n within_o either_o as_o to_o its_o knowledge_n or_o power_n i_o say_v try_v it_o you_o be_v not_o proper_a judge_n in_o the_o case_n till_o you_o have_v walk_v in_o it_o if_o then_o you_o meet_v not_o with_o the_o blood_n of_o cleanse_v and_o pure_a fellowship_n with_o god_n who_o be_v light_n it_o will_v be_v time_n enough_o for_o you_o to_o object_n do_v not_o infer_v from_o the_o discovery_n of_o small_a and_o great_a thing_n two_o distinct_a light_n instead_o of_o two_o manifestation_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o light_n such_o as_o do_v the_o will_n of_o god_n so_o far_o as_o the_o light_n in_o the_o conscience_n enjoin_v they_o shall_v know_v more_o of_o the_o doctrine_n it_o teach_v all_o the_o child_n of_o light_n however_o it_o have_v please_v the_o man_n we_o 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