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Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein…
Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein all the necessary points of religion are methodically proposed in Scripture-language, abundantly confirmed by the Holy Scriptures, and in some places concisely expounded : in the whole, all controversies are warily shunned, so that all true Christians, of what persuasion soever, may (if they need the help of others) use this catechism for their children, or others that are under their power and card / written upon request, by a lover of truth and peace.Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein all the necessary points of religion are methodically proposed in Scripture-language, abundantly confirmed by the Holy Scriptures, and in some places concisely expounded : in the whole, all controversies are warily shunn'd, so that all true Christians, of what persuassion soever, may (if they need the help of others) use this catechism for their children, or others that are under their power and card / written upon request, by a lover of truth and peace.
London: printed by J.D., 1680
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Q. You having now showed, That the Eternal Power of God, may in some manner be shadowed forth, by that Power which the Spirit of Man hath for inward Actings; Now what do you conceive of God, from that Power which the Spirit of Man hath for outward Actings; for it is the Spirit that gives Life to the Body; and this hath a Power over the Body, and is the principal cause of its motions?
Q. You having now shewed, That the Eternal Power of God, may in some manner be shadowed forth, by that Power which the Spirit of Man hath for inward Actings; Now what do you conceive of God, from that Power which the Spirit of Man hath for outward Actings; for it is the Spirit that gives Life to the Body; and this hath a Power over the Body, and is the principal cause of its motions?
A. I conceive thence, that the Eternal and Almighty God, hath a Power whereby he is able to do whatsoever he pleaseth.
[Of this Power the Scriptures often speak, as in Mat. 22.29. 2 Cor. 13.4. Exod. 9.16. Rom. 9.17. Luke 12.5. Ephes. 3.20. And it is there called, The Word of God, the Breath, or Spirit of God, the Hand of God, the Arm of God, and the like, as in Isa. 55.11