Footnotes

1. 1 John 3:17 He reasoneth by comparison: For if we are bound even to give our life for our neighbors, how much more are we bound to help our brothers’ necessity with our goods and substance?
2. 1 John 3:17 Wherewith this life is sustained.
3. 1 John 3:17 Openeth not his heart to him, nor helpeth him willingly and cheerfully.
4. 1 John 3:18 Christian charity standeth not in words, but in deed, and proceedeth from a sincere affection.
5. 1 John 3:19 He commendeth charity by a triple effect: for first of all, by it we know that we are indeed the sons of God, as he showeth before.
6. 1 John 3:19 Therefore it cometh that we have a quiet conscience, as on the contrary side he that thinketh that he hath God for a judge, because he is guilty to himself, either he is never or else very rare quiet: for God hath a far quicker sight than we, and judgeth more severely.