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,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,first ,,epistle ,,of ,,st4      
,,john ,,the ,,apostle    ,the same vein
 of divine love and charity towards our 
neighbour1 which  runs throughout the   
,gospel written by the beloved disciple 
and  ,evangelist1 ,st4 ,john1 is found  

also in his ,epistles4 ,he confirms the 
two  principal mysteries of faith3 ,the 
mystery of the ,trinity and the mystery 
of the incarnation of ,jesus ,christ the
 ,son of ,god4 ,the sublimity and       
excellence of the evangelical doctrine  
he declares3 ,and this commandment  we  
have from ,god1 that he1 who loveth     
,god1 love also his brother 7chap4      
#d1ba74 ,and again3 ,for this is the    
charity of ,god1 that we keep his       
commandments1 and3 ,his commandments are
 not heavy 7chap4 #e1c74  ,he shews  how
 to distinguish the children of ,god    
from those of the devil3 marks  out     
those who should be called ,antichrists3
 describes the turpitude and  gravity of
 sin4 ,finally1 he shews how the sinner 
may hope for pardon4 ,it  was written1  
according to ,baronius' account1        
sixty-six years after our  ,lord's      
,ascension4      #a ,john ,chapter #a   
,he declares what he has seen and heard 
of ,christ who is the life  eternal1 to 
the end that we may have fellowship with

 ,god and all good  through him4 ,yet so
 if we confess our sins4    #a3a4 ,that 
which was from the beginning1 which we  
have heard1 which we  have seen with our
 eyes1 which we have looked upon and our
 hands have  handled1 of the word of    
life4    #a3b4 ,for the life was        
manifested3 and we have seen and do bear
 witness  and declare unto you the life 
eternal1 which was with the ,father and 
hath appeared to us4    #a3c4 ,that     
which we have seen and have heard1 we   
declare unto you3 that  you also may    
have fellowship with us and our         
fellowship may be with the  ,father and 
with his ,son ,jesus ,christ4    #a3d4  
,and these things we write to you1 that 
you may rejoice and your joy  may be    
full4    #a3e4 ,and this is the         
declaration which we have heard from him
 and  declare unto you3 ,that ,god is   
light and in him there is no darkness4  
#a3f4 ,if we say that we have fellowship
 with him and walk in darkness1 we  lie 
and do not the truth4    #a3g4 ,but if  

we walk in the light1 as he also is in  
the light1 we have  fellowship one with 
another3 ,and the blood of ,jesus       
,christ his ,son  cleanseth us from all 
sin4    #a3h4 ,if we say that we have no
 sin1 we deceive ourselves and the truth
  is not in us4    #a3i4 ,if we confess 
our sins1 he is faithful and just1 to   
forgive us our  sins and to cleanse us  
from all iniquity4    #a3aj4 ,if we say 
that we have not sinned1 we make him a  
liar3 and his  word is not in us4    #a 
,john ,chapter #b    ,christ is our     
advocate4 ,we must keep his commandments
 and love one  another4 ,we must not    
love the world nor give ear to new      
teachers1 but  abide by the spirit of   
,god in the church4    #b3a4 ,my little 
children1 these things ,i write to you1 
that you may not  sin4 ,but if any man  
sin1 we have an advocate with the       
,father1 ,jesus  ,christ the just4      
#b3b4 ,and he is the propitiation for   
our sins3 and not  for ours only1 but   
also for those of the whole world4      

#b3c4 ,and by this we know that we have 
known him1 if we keep his  commandments4
    ,we have known him1 if we keep his  
commandments444  ,he speaks of that     
practical knowledge by love and         
affection1 which can only be proved by  
our keeping his commandments2 and       
without which we can not be said to     
know ,god as we should do4    #b3d4 ,he 
who saith that he knoweth him and       
keepeth not his commandments  is a liar3
 and the truth is not in him4    #b3e4  
,but he that keepeth his word1 in him in
 very deed the charity of  ,god is      
perfected4 ,and by this we know that we 
are in him4    #b3f4 ,he that saith he  
abideth in him ought himself also to    
walk even as  he walked4    #b3g4       
,dearly beloved1 ,i write not a new     
commandment to you1 but an old          
commandment which you had from the      
beginning4 ,the old commandment is the  
word which you have heard4    #b3h4     
,again a new commandment ,i write unto  
you3 which thing is true both  in him   

and in you1 because the darkness is     
passed and the true light now  shineth4 
,a new commandment444 ,viz41 the        
commandment of love1 which was first    
given in the old law2 but was renewed   
and extended by ,christ4  ,see ,john    
#ac4cd4    #b3i4 ,he that saith he is in
 the light and hateth his brother is in 
darkness even until now4    #b3aj4 ,he  
that loveth his brother abideth in the  
light3 and there is no  scandal in him4 
#b3aa4 ,but he that hateth his brother  
is in darkness and walketh in  darkness 
and knoweth not whither he goeth3       
because the darkness hath  blinded his  
eyes4    #b3ab4 ,i write unto you1      
little children1 because your sins are  
forgiven  you for his name's sake4      
#b3ac4 ,i write unto you1 fathers1      
because you have known him who is from  
the beginning4 ,i write unto you1 young 
men1 because you have overcome  the     
wicked one4    #b3ad4 ,i write unto you1
 babes1 because you have known the      
,father4 ,i  write unto you1 young men1 

because you are strong1 and the word of 
,god  abideth in you1 and you have      
overcome the wicked one4    #b3ae4 ,love
 not the world1 nor the things which are
 in the world4 ,if any  man love the    
world1 the charity of the ,father is not
 in him4    #b3af4 ,for all that is in  
the world is the concupiscence of the   
flesh and  the concupiscence of the eyes
 and the pride of life1 which is not of 
the  ,father but is of the world4       
#b3ag4 ,and the world passeth away and  
the concupiscence thereof3 but he  that 
doth the will of ,god abideth for ever4 
#b3ah4 ,little children1 it is the last 
hour3 and as you have heard that        
,antichrist cometh1 even now there are  
become many ,antichrists3 whereby  we   
know that it is the last hour4    ,it is
 the last hour444 ,that is1 it is the   
last age of the world4  ,many           
,antichrists2444 that is1 many heretics1
 enemies of ,christ and his  church1 and
 forerunners of the great ,antichrist4  
#b3ai4 ,they went out from us but they  

were not of us4 ,for if they had  been  
of us1 they would no doubt have remained
 with us3 but that they may  be         
manifest1 that they are not all of us4  
,they were not of us444 ,that is1 they  
were not solid1 steadfast1 genuine      
,christians3 otherwise they would have  
remained in the church4    #b3bj4 ,but  
you have the unction from the ,holy ,one
 and know all things4    ,the unction   
from the ,holy ,one444 ,that is1 grace  
and wisdom from the ,holy  ,ghost4 ,know
 all things444 ,the true children of    
,god's church1 remaining  in unity1     
under the guidance of their lawful      
pastors1 partake of the  grace of the   
,holy ,ghost1 promised to the church and
 her pastors2 and  have in the church   
all necessary knowledge and instruction2
 so as to  have no need to seek it      
elsewhere1 since it can be only found in
 that  society of which they are        
members4    #b3ba4 ,i have not written  
to you as to them that know not the     
truth1 but  as to them that know it3 and

 that no lie is of the truth4    #b3bb4 
,who is a liar1 but he who denieth that 
,jesus is the ,christ8  ,this  is       
,antichrist1 who denieth the ,father and
 the ,son4    #b3bc4 ,whosoever denieth 
the ,son1 the same hath not the ,father4
 ,he that  confesseth the ,son hath the 
,father also4    #b3bd4 ,as for you1 let
 that which you have heard from the     
beginning abide  in you4 ,if that abide 
in you1 which you have heard from the   
beginning1  you also shall abide in the 
,son and in the ,father4    #b3be4 ,and 
this is the promise which he hath       
promised us1 life  everlasting4         
#b3bf4 ,these things have ,i written to 
you concerning them that seduce  you4   
#b3bg4 ,and as for you1 let the unction1
 which you have received from him  abide
 in you4 ,and you have no need that any 
man teach you3 but as his  unction      
teacheth you of all things and is truth 
and is no lie4 ,and as it  hath taught  
you1 abide in him4    ,you have no need1
 etc444 ,you want not to be taught by   

any of these men1  who1 under pretence  
of imparting more knowledge to you1 seek
 to seduce  you 7ver4 #bf71 since you   
are sufficiently taught already1 and    
have all  knowledge and grace in the    
church1 with the unction of the ,holy   
,ghost2  which these new teachers have  
no share in4    #b3bh4 ,and now1 little 
children1 abide in him1 that when he    
shall appear  we may have confidence and
 not be confounded by him at his coming4
    #b3bi4 ,if you know that he is just1
 know ye1 that every one also who doth  
justice is born of him4    #a ,john     
,chapter #c    ,of the love of ,god to  
us4 ,how we may distinguish the children
 of ,god and  those of the devil4 ,of   
loving one another and of purity of     
conscience4    #c3a4 ,behold what manner
 of charity the ,father hath bestowed   
upon us1  that we should be called and  
should be the sons of ,god4  ,therefore 
the  world knoweth not us1 because it   
knew not him4    #c3b4 ,dearly beloved1 
we are now the sons of ,god3 and it hath

 not yet  appeared what we shall be4 ,we
 know that when he shall appear we shall
 be  like to him3 because we shall see  
him as he is4    #c3c4 ,and every one   
that hath this hope in him sanctifieth  
himself1 as he  also is holy4    #c3d4  
,whosoever committeth sin committeth    
also iniquity4 ,and sin is  iniquity4   
,iniquity444 transgression of the law4  
#c3e4 ,and you know that he appeared to 
take away our sins3 and in him  there is
 no sin4    #c3f4 ,whosoever abideth in 
him sinneth not3 and whosoever sinneth  
hath  not seen him nor known him4       
,sinneth not444 viz41 mortally4 ,see    
chap4 #a4h4    #c3g4 ,little children1  
let no man deceive you4 ,he that doth   
justice is  just1 even as he is just4   
#c3h4 ,he that committeth sin is of the 
devil3 for the devil sinneth from  the  
beginning4 ,for this purpose the ,son of
 ,god appeared1 that he might  destroy  
the works of the devil4    #c3i4        
,whosoever is born of ,god committeth   
not sin3 for his seed abideth  in him4  

,and he cannot sin1 because he is born  
of ,god4    ,committeth not sin444 ,that
 is1 as long as he keepeth in himself   
this  seed of grace1 and this divine    
generation1 by which he is born of ,god4
  ,but then he may fall from this happy 
state1 by the abuse of his free  will1  
as appears from ,rom4 #aa4bj-bb2 ,cor4  
#i4bg2 and #aj4ab2 ,phil4 #b4ab2  ,apoc4
 #c4aa4    #c3aj4 ,in this the children 
of ,god are manifest1 and the children  
of the  devil4 ,whosoever is not just is
 not of ,god1 or he that loveth not his 
brother4    #c3aa4 ,for this is the     
declaration which you have heard from   
the  beginning1 that you should love one
 another4    #c3ab4 ,not as ,cain1 who  
was of the wicked one and killed his    
brother4  ,and wherefore did he kill    
him8 ,because his own works were wicked3
 and  his brother's just4    #c3ac4     
,wonder not1 brethren1 if the world hate
 you4    #c3ad4 ,we know that we have   
passed from death to life1 because we   
love  the brethren4 ,he that loveth not 

abideth in death4    #c3ae4 ,whosoever  
hateth his brother is a murderer4 ,and  
you know that no  murderer hath eternal 
life abiding in himself4    #c3af4 ,in  
this we have known the charity of ,god1 
because he hath laid  down his life for 
us3 and we ought to lay down our lives  
for the  brethren4    #c3ag4 ,he that   
hath the substance of this world and    
shall see his brother  in need and shall
 shut up his bowels from him3 how doth  
the charity of  ,god abide in him8      
#c3ah4 ,my little children1 let us not  
love in word nor in tongue1 but in  deed
 and in truth4    #c3ai4 ,in this we    
know that we are of the truth and in his
 sight shall  persuade our hearts4      
#c3bj4 ,for if our heart reprehend us1  
,god is greater than our heart and      
knoweth all things4    #c3ba4 ,dearly   
beloved1 if our heart do not reprehend  
us1 we have  confidence towards ,god4   
#c3bb4 ,and whatsoever we shall ask1 we 
shall receive of him3 because we  keep  
his commandments and do those things    

which are pleasing in his  sight4       
#c3bc4 ,and this is his commandment3    
,that we should believe in the name of  
his ,son ,jesus ,christ and love one    
another1 as he hath given commandment   
unto us4    #c3bd4 ,and he that keepeth 
his commandments abideth in him1 and he 
in  him4 ,and in this we know that he   
abideth in us by the ,spirit which he   
hath given us4    #a ,john ,chapter #d  
,what spirits are of ,god1 and what are 
not4 ,we must love one another1  because
 ,god has loved us4    #d3a4 ,dearly    
beloved1 believe not every spirit1 but  
try the spirits if  they be of ,god3    
because many false prophets are gone out
 into the world4    ,try the spirits444 
,viz41 by examining whether their       
teaching be  agreeable to the rule of   
the ,catholic faith1 and the doctrine of
 the  church4 ,for as he says1 7ver4    
#f17 ,he that knoweth ,god1 heareth us  
the  pastors of the church4 ,by this we 
know the spirit of truth1 and the       
spirit of error4    #d3b4 ,by this is   

the spirit of ,god known4 ,every spirit 
which confesseth  that ,jesus ,christ is
 come in the flesh is of ,god3    ,every
 spirit which confesseth1 etc444 ,not   
that the confession of this  point of   
faith alone1 is1 at all times1 and in   
all cases1 sufficient2  but that with   
relation to that time1 and for that part
 of the ,christian  doctrine1 which was 
then particularly to be confessed1      
taught1 and  maintained against the     
heretics of those days1 this was the    
most proper  token1 by which the true   
teachers might be distinguished form the
 false4    #d3c4 ,and every spirit that 
dissolveth ,jesus is not of ,god4 ,and  
this is  ,antichrist1 of whom you have  
heard that he cometh3 and he is now     
already  in the world4    ,that         
dissolveth ,jesus444 ,viz41 either by   
denying his humanity1 or his  divinity4 
,he is now already in the world444 ,not 
in his person1 but in  his spirit1 and  
in his precursors4    #d3d4 ,you are of 
,god1 little children1 and have overcome

 him4  ,because  greater is he that is  
in you1 than he that is in the world4   
#d3e4 ,they are of the world4 ,therefore
 of the world they speak3 and the  world
 heareth them4    #d3f4 ,we are of ,god4
 ,he that knoweth ,god heareth us4 ,he  
that is not of  ,god heareth us not4 ,by
 this we know the spirit of truth and   
the spirit  of error4    #d3g4 ,dearly  
beloved1 let us love one another3 for   
charity is of ,god4 ,and  every one that
 loveth is born of ,god and knoweth     
,god4    #d3h4 ,he that loveth not      
knoweth not ,god3 for ,god is charity4  
#d3i4 ,by this hath the charity of ,god 
appeared towards us1 because ,god  hath 
sent his only begotten ,son into the    
world1 that we may live by him4         
#d3aj4 ,in this is charity3 not as      
though we had loved ,god1 but because he
  hath first loved us1 and sent his ,son
 to be a propitiation for our sins4     
#d3aa4 ,my dearest1 if ,god hath so     
loved us1 we also ought to love one     
another4    #d3ab4 ,no man hath seen    

,god at any time4 ,if we love one       
another1 ,god  abideth in us3 and his   
charity is perfected in us4    #d3ac4   
,in this we know that we abide in him1  
and he in us3 because he  hath given us 
of his spirit4    #d3ad4 ,and we have   
seen and do testify that the ,father    
hath sent his ,son  to be the ,saviour  
of the world4    #d3ae4 ,whosoever shall
 confess that ,jesus is the ,son of     
,god1 ,god abideth  in him1 and he in   
,god4    #d3af4 ,and we have known and  
have believed the charity which ,god    
hath to  us4 ,god is charity3 and he    
that abideth in charity abideth in ,god1
 and  ,god in him4    #d3ag4 ,in this is
 the charity of ,god perfected with us1 
that we may have  confidence in the day 
of judgment3 because as he is1 we also  
are in this  world4    #d3ah4 ,fear is  
not in charity3 but perfect charity     
casteth out fear1  because fear hath    
sin4 ,and he that feareth is not        
perfected in charity4    ,fear is not in
 charity1 etc444 ,perfect charity1 or   

love1 banisheth human  fear1 that is1   
the fear of men2 as also all perplexing 
fear1 which makes  men mistrust or      
despair of ,god's mercy2 and that kind  
of servile fear1  which makes them fear 
the punishment of sin more than the     
offence  offered to ,god4 ,but it no way
 excludes the wholesome fear of ,god's  
judgments1 so often recomended in holy  
writ2 nor that fear and  trembling1 with
 which we are told to work out our      
salvation4 ,phil4 #b4ab4    #d3ai4 ,let 
us therefore love ,god3 because ,god    
first hath loved us4    #d3bj4 ,if any  
man say3 ,i love ,god1 and hateth his   
brother2 he is a liar4  ,for he that    
loveth not his brother whom he seeth1   
how can he love ,god  whom he seeth not8
    #d3ba4 ,and this commandment we have
 from ,god1 that he who loveth ,god love
  also his brother4    #a ,john ,chapter
 #e    ,of them that are born of ,god1  
and of true charity4 ,faith overcomes   
the  world4 ,three that bear witness to 
,christ4 ,of faith in his name and of   

sin that is and is not to death4        
#e3a4 ,whosoever believeth that ,jesus  
is the ,christ1 is born of ,god4  ,and  
every one that loveth him who begot1    
loveth him also who is born of him4     
,is born of ,god444 ,that is1 is        
justified1 and become a child of ,god by
  baptism3 which is also to be          
understood2 provided the belief of this 
fundamental article of the ,christian   
faith be accompanied with all the  other
 conditions1 which1 by the word of ,god1
 and his appointment1 are  also required
 to justification2 such as a general    
belief of all that ,god  has revealed   
and promised3 hope1 love1 repentance1   
and a sincere  disposition to keep      
,god's holy law and commandments4       
#e3b4 ,in this we know that we love the 
children of ,god3 when we love ,god  and
 keep his commandments4    #e3c4 ,for   
this is the charity of ,god3 ,that we   
keep his commandments4  ,and  his       
commandments are not heavy4    #e3d4    
,for whatsoever is born of ,god         

overcometh the world4 ,and this is the  
victory which overcameth the world3 ,our
 faith4    ,our faith444 ,not a bare1   
speculative1 or dead faith2 but a faith 
that  worketh by charity4 ,gal4 #e4f    
#e3e4 ,who is he that overcometh the    
world1 but he that believeth that       
,jesus is the ,son of ,god8    #e3f4    
,this is he that came by water and      
blood1 ,jesus ,christ3 not by water     
only but by water and blood4 ,and it is 
the ,spirit which testifieth that       
,christ is the truth4    ,came by water 
and blood444 ,not only to wash away our 
sins by the water  of baptism1 but by   
his own blood4    #e3g4 ,and there are  
,three who give testimony in heaven1 the
 ,father1 the  ,word1 and the ,holy     
,ghost4 ,and these three are one4       
#e3h4 ,and there are three that give    
testimony on earth3 the spirit and  the 
water and the blood4 ,and these three   
are one4    ,the spirit1 and the water1 
and the blood444 ,as the ,father1 the   
,word1 and  the ,holy ,ghost1 all bear  

witness to ,christ's divinity2 so the   
spirit1  which he yielded up1 crying out
 with a loud voice upon the cross2 and  
the water and blood that issued from his
 side1 bear witness to his  humanity1   
and are one2 that is1 all agree in one  
testimony4    #e3i4 ,if we receive the  
testimony of men1 the testimony of ,god 
is  greater4 ,for this is the testimony 
of ,god1 which is greater1 because he   
hath testified of his ,son4    #e3aj4   
,he that believeth in the ,son of ,god  
hath the testimony of ,god in  himself4 
,he that believeth not the ,son maketh  
him a liar3 because he  believeth not in
 the testimony which ,god hath testified
 of his ,son4    ,he that believeth not 
the ,son1 etc444 ,by refusing to believe
 the  testimonies given by the three    
divine persons1 that ,jesus was the     
,messias1 and the true ,son of ,god1 by 
whom eternal life is obtained and       
promised to all that comply with his    
doctrine4 ,in him we have also this     
lively confidence1 that we shall obtain 

whatever we ask1 according to  his will1
 when we ask what is for our good1 with 
perseverance1 and in  the manner we     
ought4 ,and this we know1 and have      
experience of1 by having  obtained the  
petitions that we have made4    #e3aa4  
,and this is the testimony that ,god    
hath given to us eternal life4  ,and    
this life is in his ,son4    #e3ab4 ,he 
that hath the ,son hath life4 ,he that  
hath not the ,son hath not  life4       
#e3ac4 ,these things ,i write to you    
that you may know that you have  eternal
 life3 you who believe in the name of   
the ,son of ,god4    #e3ad4 ,and this is
 the confidence which we have towards   
him3 ,that1  whatsoever we shall ask    
according to his will1 he heareth us4   
#e3ae4 ,and we know that he heareth us  
whatsoever we ask3 we know that we  have
 the petitions which we request of him4 
#e3af4 ,he that knoweth his brother to  
sin a sin which is not to death1  let   
him ask3 and life shall be given to him 
who sinneth not to death4  ,there is a  

sin unto death4 ,for that ,i say not    
that any man ask4    ,a sin which is not
 to death1 etc444 ,it is hard to        
determine what ,st4  ,john here calls a 
sin which is not to death1 and a sin    
which is unto  death4 ,the difference   
can not be the same as betwixt sins that
 are  called venial and mortal3 for he  
says1 that if a man pray for his        
brother1 who commits a sin that is not  
to death1 life shall be given  him3     
therefore such a one had before lost the
 life of grace1 and been  guilty of what
 is commonly called a mortal sin4  ,and 
when he speaks of a  sin that is unto   
death1 and adds these words1 for that ,i
 say not that  any man ask1 it cannot be
 supposed that ,st4 ,john would say this
 of every  mortal sin1 but only of some 
heinous sins1 which are very seldom     
remitted1 because such sinners very     
seldom repent4 ,by a sin therefore      
which is unto death1 interpreters       
commonly understand a wilfull apostasy  
from the faith1 and from the known      

truth1 when a sinner1 hardened by his   
own ingratitude1 becomes deaf to all    
admonitions1 will do nothing for        
himself1 but runs on to a final         
impenitence4 ,nor yet does ,st4 ,john   
say1  that such a sin is never remitted1
 or cannnot be remitted1 but only has   
these words1 for that ,i say not that   
any man ask the remission3 that  is1    
though we must pray for all sinners     
whatsoever1 yet men can not pray  for   
such sinners with such a confidence of  
obtaining always their  petitions1 as   
,st4 ,john said before1 ver4 #ad4       
,whatever exposition we  follow on this 
verse1 our faith teacheth us from the   
holy scriptures1  that ,god desires not 
the death of any sinner1 but that he be 
converted  and live1 ,ezech4 #cc4aa4    
,though men's sins be as red as scarlet1
 they  shall become as white as snow1   
,isa4 #c4ah4 ,it is the will of ,god    
that  every one come to the knowledge of
 the truth1 and be saved4 ,there is no  
sin so great but which ,god is willing  

to forgive1 and has left a power  in his
 church to remit the most enormous sins3
 so that no sinner need  despair of     
pardon1 nor will any sinner perist1 but 
by his own fault4 ,a  sin unto death444 
,some understand this of final          
impenitence1 or of dying  in mortal sin2
 which is the only sin that never can be
 remitted4 ,but1 it  is probable1 he may
 also comprise under this name1 the sin 
of apostasy  from the faith1 and some   
other such heinous sins as are seldom   
and  hardly remitted3 and therefore he  
gives little encouragement1 to such as  
pray for these sinners1 to expect what  
they ask4    #e3ag4 ,all iniquity is    
sin4 ,and there is a sin unto death4    
#e3ah4 ,we know that whosoever is born  
of ,god sinneth not3 but the  generation
 of ,god preserveth him and the wicked  
one toucheth him not4    #e3ai4 ,we know
 that we are of ,god and the whole world
 is seated in  wickedness4    ,and the  
whole world is seated in wickedness444  
,that is1 a great part of  the world4   

,it may also signify1 is under the      
wicked one1 meaning the  devil1 who is  
elsewhere called the prince of this     
world1 that is1 of all  the wicked4     
,john #ab4ca4    #e3bj4 ,and we know    
that the ,son of ,god is come4 ,and he  
hath given us  understanding that we may
 know the true ,god and may be in his   
true ,son4  ,this is the true ,god and  
life eternal4    ,and may be in his true
 ,son4 ,he is1 or this is the true ,god1
 and life  eternal444 ,which words are a
 clear proof of ,christ's divinity1 and 
as  such made use of by the ancient     
fathers4    #e3ba4 ,little children1    
keep yourselves from idols4 ,amen4      
,keep yourselves from idols444 ,an      
admonition to the newly converted       
,christians1 lest conversing with       
heathens and idolaters1 they might fall 
back into the sin of idolatry1 which may
 be the sin unto death here  mentioned  
by ,st4 ,john4