1 John,[1] ii. 1, 2, “But if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just : and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world."
PROPOSITION II.
It is only through the same merits of Jesus Christ, that the just man can obtain either an increase of holiness in this life, or eternal happiness in the next.
SCRIPTURE.
John xv. 5. “He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing."
Rom. v. 9, 10.“ Christ died for us: much more, therefore, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”
Ephes. ii. 8, 9. “ For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves : for it is the gift of God, not of works, that no man may glory.”
Tit. iii. 7. “That being justified by his grace, we may be heirs, according to hope of life everlasting.”
- ↑ St. John was the son of Zebedee, and the beloved disciple of Jesus Christ. He wrote his Apocalypse, or book of Revelations, in the year 95; and his gospel, not before the year 97,—that is, not before the gospel had been preached and delivered by the apostles for the space of forty-four years. He wrote also three epistles, and died at Ephesus, in the year 100, or 101.
