[Milton-L] Johannine Comma (heavenly witnesses) comments

[schmuel]

Hi Milton list,

  Greetings :-) 

  I am doing a bit of research on the Johannine Comma , 1 John 5:7, the 'heavenly witnesses' 
to assist the author of a book about the debate on this topic.

  Here are the two web-quotes that appear to indicate that John Milton commented on this
directly.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=milton+%22johannine+comma%22&btnG=Search
Milton Quarterly Volume 27 Issue 2 Page 74-77, May 1993 

the infamous Johannine Comma, Milton notes (correctly) that.
1. John 5.7 is missing in the. Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic version of the Bible 

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/action/doSearch including
MILTON'S STRANGE PANTHEON: THE APPARENT TRITHEISM OF THE DE DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA -- DAYTON HASKIN, S.J.
The Heythrop Journal, Volume 16, Issue 2, Page 129-148, Apr 1975,

"great weight to the fact that the so-called Johannine comma. (I. John 5:7). was spurious, as the textual criticism of the preceding century had established .. "  (quote from Googe cache)

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So I am looking for the primary source material.

Perhaps the location of this is in one of the books that I can peruse in the 
local university library, eg.

The Religious Opinions of Milton, Locke and Newton (Manchester, 1941) (1972)
 - Herbert McClachlan, 

Religious opinions and example of Milton, Locke, and Newton : a lecture with notes / by Henry Acton. – London : 1833. – 47 p. (also pub 1973)

So if anybody can help with either an actual quote or two, or at least a book and page
reference, it would be much appreciated.

Shalom,
Steven Avery
Queens, NY

PS.

I also found this interesting, although I know that in some cases a person
would use more than one Bible version and that would be missed in some
assertions  (e.g. the Puritans). 

http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1494862
The Geneva Bible was what was used by the Pilgrims, John Bunyon, Milton, and even Shakespeare.