John Trapp on 1 John 2:13
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1 John2:13
Verſe 13. Him that is from the beginning] The Ancient of d[illegible: 1 letter]ie[illegible: 1 letter], Ol[illegible: 1 letter] men love to ſpeak of ancient things. Theſe are ancient things, 1 Chron. 4.22.
Becauſe ye have overcome the wicked one] The glory of young men is their ſtrength, Prov. 20.29. The Hebrew word there [illegible: 1 letter]endered young men, ſignifieth choice men, ſe. for military implo[illegible: 1 letter] ments: neither can they better ſhew their valour, then by reſifting the devil, that he may flee from them.
Becauſe ye have known the Father] We ſay,Hom. O[illegible: 2 letters]ib. 1. He is a Wiſe childe that knows his father (and the Greeks have a Proverb to the ſame purpoſe) but God hath no childe ſo young, that more or loſſe knoweth him not, The baſtardly brood of Rome are all for their mother,
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