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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.
Q. 3. Why do not all Persevere?
A. Because all Professors have not a good root and foundation. Matt. 13.20, 21. But he that received the seed in stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it, yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; for when tribulation, or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Q. 4. What is the First ground of the Saints Perseverance?
A. God's electing love, in which they are given to Christ. John 10.29. My father which gave them me, is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my father's hand.
A. God's electing love, in which they are given to Christ. Iohn 10.29