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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. It consists in the attainment of the highest measures and degrees of holiness the creature is capable of. Eph. 4.12, 13. For the perfecting of the Saints, — till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
A. It consists in the attainment of the highest measures and degrees of holiness the creature is capable of. Eph. 4.12, 13. For the perfecting of the Saints, — till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.
Q. 3. Cannot this be attained whilst in the body?
A. No; for here all our graces are imperfect. 1 Cor. 13.12. For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face. And we live at a distance from God. 2 Cor. 5, 6. Whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.