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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. That the Saints should earnestly pursue that perfection, even in this imperfect state. Phil. 3.13, 14. Brethren, I count not my self to have apprehended; but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth to those things which are before, I press towards the mark, for the price of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
A. That the Saints should earnestly pursue that perfection, even in this imperfect state. Phil. 3.13, 14. Brethren, I count not my self to have apprehended; but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth to those things which are before, I press towards the mark, for the price of the high calling of God in Christ Iesus.
Q. 11. What is the sixth Inference?
A. That death to the Saints is better than life. Phil. 1.21. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.