The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languges. VVith moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader

CHAP. I.

2 True witnes of the euerlasting worde of God. 7 The blood of Christ is the purgation of sinne. 10 No man is without sinne.

1 THat which wasa from the beginning, which we haueb heard, which we haue sene with our eyes, which we haue loked vpon, and our hands haue handled of the Wor∣dec of life,

2 [For the life appea∣red, and we haue sene it, and beare witnes, ād she we vnto you the eternal life, which wasd with the Father, and appeared vnto vs]

3 That, (I say,) which we haue sene and heard declare we vnto you, that ye may alsoe haue felowship with vs, and that our felowship al∣so may be with the Father and with his Son∣ne Iesus Christ.

4 And these things write we vnto you, that your ioye may be ful.

5 This then is the message which we haue heard of him, and declare vnto you, that God * isf light, & in him is no darkenes.

6 If we say that we haue felowship with him and walke in darkenes, we lye, and do not truely.

7 But if we walke in the light as he is in the light, we haue felowshiph one with another, and the * blood of Iesus Christ his Sonne clenseth vs from al sinne.

8 *If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue our selues, and trueth is not in vs.

9 If wei acknowledge our sinnes, he is faithful and iust, to forgiue vs our sinnes, and to clen∣se vs from all vnrighteousnes.

10 If we say we haue not sinned, we make him a lier, and his“ worde is not in vs.

Notes

• a

  That is, Christ God 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• b

  That is, Christ being man.
• c

  Which giueth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and had it in him self.
• Iohn. 14.
• d

  Before all be∣ginning.
• e

  The effect of the Gospel is, that we all being ioyned together in Christ by faith, shulde be the sonnes of God.
• Iohn. 8. 18.
• f

  The frutes of our faith must de clare whether we beioyned in God or no: for God being the verie puritie and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wil not haue fe∣lowship with them which lie in sinne and dar∣kenes.
• h

  That is, Christ with vs and we with our selues.
• g In an euil con∣science, and with out the feare of God.
• i

  If we be not ashamed, earnest ly and openly to acknowledge our selues before God to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sinners.
• Ebr. 9. 14.
• 1. Pet. 1. 19.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 6.
• 1 king 8 46.
• 2. Chron. 6. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• Prou. 20 9.
• “

  Or, doctrine.
• Eccle. 7. 20.