Footnotes

1. 1 John 4:6 He testifieth unto them that his doctrine and the doctrine of his fellows, is the assured word of God, which of necessity we have boldly to set against all the mouths of the whole world, and thereby discern the truth from falsehood.
2. 1 John 4:6 True Prophets against whom are set false Prophets, that is, such as err themselves, and lead others into error.
3. 1 John 4:7 He returneth to the commending of brotherly love and charity.
4. 1 John 4:7 The first reason: Because it is a very divine thing: and therefore very meet for the sons of God: so that whosoever is void of it, cannot be said to know God aright.
5. 1 John 4:8 A confirmation: For it is the nature of God to love men, whereof we have a most manifest proof above all others: in that that of his only free and infinite goodwill towards us his enemies, he delivered unto death not a common man, but his own Son, yea, his only begotten Son, to the end that we being reconciled through his blood, might be made partakers of his everlasting glory.
6. 1 John 4:8 In that he called God, Love he saith more than if he had said that he loveth us infinitely.