...and he cannot sin, because he is born of God." — " Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not." — " And we know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not...keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not." Let Christian humility be enforced by no arguments that shall tend to make the hearer forgetful of...

...adds, " We know, that whosoever is " born of God, sinne.th not," (namely, with that " kind of sin) " but he that is begotten of God, " keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth " him not." 5. Who teach, ' That no certainty of future per' severance can be had in this life, without special...

...spiritual birth, which are 'truly prefigured by the natural. According to the testimony of St. John, " Whosoever is born of " God, sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God, keepeth him'' self, and that wicked one toucheth him not."* Hence it appears evident that, in the regeneration,...

...shall petition concerning this : 17 all unrighteousness is sin : and there is a sin not unto death. 18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not ; but he who is born of God keepeth himself, and the evil propensity hurteth him not. 19 We know that we are...

...not say that he shall pray for it. 17 All unrighteousness is sin : and there is a sin not unto death. 18 We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth...keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. 20 And we know that the...

...to them by being really " born of God." " They went out from " us, because they were not of us." " We know " that whosoever is born of God sinneth not...keepeth himself, and "that wicked one toucheth him not."3 The persons spoken of as " going out from" the apostles, and " sinning unto death," had, beyond...

...loveth him, &c. Whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world : and this is the victory that, &c. Whosoever is born of God, sinneth not ; but he .that...keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. — 1 John v. 1. 4. 18. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, hath both the Father, and the Son....

...the world," (against them.) (1 John iv, 4.) Whereupon the same Apostle is confident to conclude, " We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth not...begotten of God, keepeth himself, and that wicked one touchethhim not." (v, 18.) KNOWLITTLE. — You speak as if a man might live without sin, and so be...

...them.) (1 John iv, 4.) Whereupon the same Apostle is confident to conclude, " We know that wh' soever is born of God, sinneth not : but he that is begotten...keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not." (v, 18.) KNOWLITTLE. — You speak as if a man might live without sin, and so be saved without Christ,...

...John, in the first epistle, fifth chapter, and eighteenth verse, says, ' We know that whosoever is boru of God, sinneth not ; but he that is begotten of God,...keepeth himself: and that wicked one toucheth him not.' As tliis is said by the Spirit of God, it is true. But in what sense is it true? Certainly not in the...