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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A. That men should beware of spiritual Sins, as well as of gross and outward Sins; for there is a filthiness of the Spirit, as well as of the Flesh. 2 Cor. 7.1. Let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit; and as God sees them, so he greatly abhors them, as Sins that defile the noblest part of man, on which he stamped his own Image.
A. That men should beware of spiritual Sins, as well as of gross and outward Sins; for there is a filthiness of the Spirit, as well as of the Flesh. 2 Cor. 7.1. Let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit; and as God sees them, so he greatly abhors them, as Sins that defile the noblest part of man, on which he stamp'd his own Image.
Q. 8. What also may be inferred from hence?
Q. 8. What also may be inferr'd from hence?
A. Hence we learn, that spiritual Worship is most agreeable to his Nature and Will; and the more spiritual it is, the more acceptable it will be to him. John 4.24. God is a Spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in Spirit and in Truth. Externals in worship are of little regard with God; as places, habits, gestures, &c.
A. Hence we learn, that spiritual Worship is most agreeable to his Nature and Will; and the more spiritual it is, the more acceptable it will be to him.