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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. 8. Are there no declinings of grace in the saints?
A. Yes, there are. Rev. 2.4. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Yet Grace cannot be totally or finally lost. For the seed of God remaineth in the sanctified. 1 John 3.9. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin, for his seed remaineth in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
A. Yes, there are. Rev. 2.4. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Yet Grace cannot be totally or finally lost. For the seed of God remaineth in the sanctified. 1 Iohn 3.9. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin, for his seed remaineth in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Q 9. Is there no hope of Salvation for final Ap• states?