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respect to the commandment of God, shall wash his
clothes.
Secondly. I refer the Editor to the passages he quoted
in p. 608, to save me the trouble of selecting them. John
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iii. 4 : "How can a man be born when he is old," literally,
"being old ;" that is, at any point of time, no man being
old can be born. Ver. 15 : "That no man believing on
him should perish ; " that is, no one who may be induced
to believe Jesus at any time, even up to the last day, should
perish. Ver. 18 : " He not believing is condemned al-
ready ; " that is, he who rejects me at any time, is con-
demned already in the divine decree. Ver. 20 : " Every
one doing evil hateth light," at any time whatsoever. Ver.
29 : " He having the bride is the bridegroom," at any
period of time. Ver. 31 : " He being of the earth, is
earthly," at any period of time. Again, ch. v. 3: "In
these lay a great multitude of folk impotent," &c. In
-the original Greek, the verb " to lie," is in the imperfect
tense, and consequently the participle may be thus ren-
dered, " Who were impotent up to that time." Ver. 5 :
" And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity
thirty and eight years." In this verse the participle is
not preceded by the article : this, however, signifies that
a certain man had an infirmity when he was present at
the pool—not at the time when St. John narrated this
-circumstance. But with a view to expose my argument
to ridicule, the Editor puts his own words into my mouth,
saying, (p. 608,) " In this chapter, ver. 4, we have, ' How
can a man be born when he is old," literally, ' being
old,' on our author's plan, ' having been old, and now
not being so ;' " and so on in all the above-stated verses.
B ut I wonder how he could mistake whaf I have advanced
clothes.
Secondly. I refer the Editor to the passages he quoted
in p. 608, to save me the trouble of selecting them. John
(
iii. 4 : "How can a man be born when he is old," literally,
"being old ;" that is, at any point of time, no man being
old can be born. Ver. 15 : "That no man believing on
him should perish ; " that is, no one who may be induced
to believe Jesus at any time, even up to the last day, should
perish. Ver. 18 : " He not believing is condemned al-
ready ; " that is, he who rejects me at any time, is con-
demned already in the divine decree. Ver. 20 : " Every
one doing evil hateth light," at any time whatsoever. Ver.
29 : " He having the bride is the bridegroom," at any
period of time. Ver. 31 : " He being of the earth, is
earthly," at any period of time. Again, ch. v. 3: "In
these lay a great multitude of folk impotent," &c. In
-the original Greek, the verb " to lie," is in the imperfect
tense, and consequently the participle may be thus ren-
dered, " Who were impotent up to that time." Ver. 5 :
" And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity
thirty and eight years." In this verse the participle is
not preceded by the article : this, however, signifies that
a certain man had an infirmity when he was present at
the pool—not at the time when St. John narrated this
-circumstance. But with a view to expose my argument
to ridicule, the Editor puts his own words into my mouth,
saying, (p. 608,) " In this chapter, ver. 4, we have, ' How
can a man be born when he is old," literally, ' being
old,' on our author's plan, ' having been old, and now
not being so ;' " and so on in all the above-stated verses.
B ut I wonder how he could mistake whaf I have advanced