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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
Question 36 › Of Joy in the Holy Ghost.Question 36 › Of Ioy in the Holy Ghost.
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.
Quest 1. HOW many sorts of Joy are there among men?
Quest 1. HOW many sorts of Ioy are there among men?
A. There is a Sensitive Joy. Acts 14.17. Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from Heaven, and fruitful Seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. A sinful Joy. Prov. 15.21. Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom. And a spiritual Joy. Rom. 5.11. And not only so, but we also joy in God though our Lord Jesus Christ.
A. There is a Sensitive Joy. Acts 14.17. Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from Heaven, and fruitful Seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. A sinful Joy. Prov. 15.21. Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom. And a spiritual Joy. Rom. 5.11. And not only so, but we also joy in God though our Lord Iesus Christ.
Q. 2. Why is spiritual Joy called Joy in the Holy Ghost?
Q. 2. Why is spiritual Ioy called Ioy in the Holy Ghost?