that came by water and blood] That shed water and blood out of his side, Joh. 19. 34, 35. Or, that observed the legal washings and sacrifices. Or, that appointed two sacraments, one in water, the other in wine, a type of his blood. Or, that washeth away the filth of our sins by his Spirit, and the guilt of them by his Blood. Of the first, the legal washings were a type: of the second, the sacrifices. it is the Spirit that leareth witnesse] By descending on Christ like a dove, Matthew 3:16. John 1:32-33. Or, by raising him from the dead, Romans 1:4. Or, by working miracles by him. Or, by assuring us of it in the word, and in our consciences: for, the Spirit is of Gods privie councel, John 14:26. and John 15:26. and John 16:13. 1 Corinthians 2:10-11. the Spirit is truth] And therefore cannot bear false witnesse of Christ to us, as being truth it self.