Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 John 4:19
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1 John4:19
19 We love him ; because he first loved us.
His is the Fountain-Love, ours but the Stream: His Love the Inducement, the Patern, and the effective Cause of ours. He that is first in Love, loves freely; the other therefore loves under Obligation.
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