...natural hope entirely fails. It embraces objects unseen and eternal. It extends beyond the grave. " This is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life." Faith having taught us that we must rise again, hope anticipates a resurrection unto happiness. It...

...in the scriptures. This same apostle, for example, in a preceding part of the same epistle, says—" Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard...also shall continue in the Son and in the Father." Yet it is evident that John means by the expression, not the testimony considered simply in itself,...

...relation to him ; and more plainly still in I John ii. 21. " Let that therefore abide in you which you have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have...also shall continue in the Son and in the Father." See 1 Cor. xv. '2. and 2 Tim. iv. 7,8. and Heb. xii. 28. Sec also Jer. iii. 1J). § 19. Concerning...

...ii. 24. " Let that therefore abide in you which you have heard from the beginning. If that which yc have heard from the beginning shall remain in you,...also shall continue in the Son and in the Father." See 1 Oor. xv. 2. and 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8. and Heb. xii. 28. See also Jer. iii. It). §19. Concerning the...

...have many great and precious promises, promises of perfect deliverance from the penalty of the law. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. And in him are all the promises of God, yea, and Amen. Having thus shewn wherein there is an admirable...

...Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things,''— all the saving truths of God; and "if that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you,"—if you shall cherish in your minds the instruction which you have received,—" then ye also...

...Eph. ii. 18. Ye have an unction from ', Holy One, and ye know all things. Let that therefore abide you which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye ve heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye shall also ilume in the Son and in the Father,...

...all such Christians it is said, " Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things :" " If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall...Son, and in the Father : " " And this is the promise — even eternal life:" "But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need...

...you, which you have heard from the beginning; if that which you have heard from the beginning shah1 remain in you, ye also shall continue in the son,...promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. And these things have I written unto you, concerning them that seduce you; but ye have an anointing...

...is the love of God perfected :" " Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things :" " hou art my God, I will exalt thee O give thanks unto...he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever." Such, :" " We know that when He shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is ; and every...