John 5:35
John was the lamp that burned and shone, and for a little while you were glad to rejoice in his light.
Treated in 5 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Exordium cites John v. 35
…world;” (John viii. 12. ix. 5,) and John the Baptist, a “burning and a shining light,” (John v. 35.) Certainly, not on account of the holiness of his life, but on account of the word which…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 9 — Christ, Though Known to the Jews Under the Law, Yet Only Manifested Under the Gospel cites John 5:35
…In this sense, he is said by Christ to have been “a burning and a shining light,” (John 5:35), because full day had not yet appeared. And yet this does not prevent us from classing…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
Introduction cites John 5:35
…after so general an awakening, and the temporary religious comforts and joys of many: John 5:35, “Ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.” So it was in those great…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VII. Persons having religious affections of many kinds, accompanying one another, is not sufficient to determine whether they have any gracious affections or no cites John 5:35
…stony ground hearers, Matt. 13:20, and particularly many of John the Baptist's hearers, John 5:35. So of zeal, as in Jehu, 2 Kings 10:16, and in Paul before his conversion, Gal. 1:14…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
IX. It is no certain sign that the religious affections which persons have are such as have in them the nature of true religion, or that they have not, that they dispose persons to spend much time in religion, and to be zealously engaged in the external duties of worship cites John 5:35
…6:20. So it was with others of his hearers, “for a season they rejoiced in his light,” John 5:35. So the stony ground hearers heard the word with joy. Experience shows, that persons…