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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.
[Eternal.]
Quest. 1. What is it to be Eternal, as God is?
Quest. 1. WHat is it to be Eternal, as God is?
A. The Eternity of God is, to be without beginning, and without end. Psal. 90.2. From everlasting to everlasting thou art God.
Q. 2. How doth God's Eternity differ from the Eternity of Angels, and Humane Souls?
A. It differs in two respects; First, In this, That tho Angels, and the Souls of men shall have no end; yet they had a ⟨p. 10⟩beginning, which God had not. Secondly, Our Eternity is by gift from God, or by his appointment; but his Eternity is necessary, and from his own Nature.