Q. _Who was the author of this gospel?_
_A._ _John_, the disciple whom JESUS loved.
Q. _Why did he write it?_
_A._ To confound the heresy of _Ebion_ and _Cerinthus_, who denied the divinity of our blessed LORD: and therefore, through the whole gospel we find he takes all opportunities of proving, that JESUS CHRIST was very GOD of very GOD; another thing he had in view when he wrote it, was to supply what was wanting in the other Evangelists; therefore he chiefly relates to us those particulars which the other Evangelists had omitted.
Q. _What may we learn from GOD’s permitting some of the Evangelists to leave out what the others put in, and again some inserting what others have left out?_
_A._ That GOD would hereby oblige us to read all; and also to exercise our understanding, that by comparing spiritual things with spiritual, we might find out the truth.
1. Q. _Who is meant by the Word?_