John Trapp on 1 John 2:1
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1 John2:1
CHAP. II. Verſe 1. That ye ſinne not]
PReſuming upon an eaſie and ſpeedy pardon. The worſer ſort of Papiſts will ſay: when we have ſinned we muſt confeſſe; and when we have confeſſed, we muſt fin again, that we may confeſſe again: ſo making account of confeſſing, as drunkards do of vomiting. But we have not ſo learned Chriſt.
And if any man ſin] Being taken afore he is aware, Gal. 6.1. See the Note there.
We have an Advocate] Who appears for us in heaven, and pleans our cauſe eff[illegible: 1 letter]ctually. See Heb. 9.24.
Jeſus Chriſt the righteous] Or elſe he could not go to the Father for us. See the Note on Joh] 16.10.
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