John Trapp on 1 John 3:1
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CHAP. III. Verſe 1. Behold What manner]
QƲalem & quantum, as 2 Pet. 3.11. See the Note on Joh. 1.12. If Jacob was at ſuch pains and patience to become ſon in law to Laban; if David hold it ſo great a matter to be ſon in law to the king, What is it then to be ſons and daughters to the Lord Almighty? 2 Cor. 6.18.
The World knoweth us not] Princes unknown are unreſpected; Unkent, unkiſſ, as the Northern Proverb hath it. After the ſentence was pronounced upon Mr Bainham the Martyr,Act. and Mon. ſol 939. he was counſelled by M. Nicolas Wilſon to conform himſelf to the Church: To whom he anſwered, I truſt I am the very childe of god, which ye blinde aſſes (ſaid he) doe not perceive.
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