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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 World is not the place of the Saints rest and satisfaction. Heb. 4.9. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 2 Cor. 5.2, 6. For in this we groan earnestly, desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven; therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we we are absent from the Lord.
A. That the World is not the place of the Saints rest and satisfaction. Heb. 4.9. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 2 Cor. 5.2, 6. For in this we groan earnestly, desiring to be cloathed upon with our house which is from heaven; therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we we are absent from the Lord.
Q. 11. What is the second Instruction from hence?
A. That Death is a singular benefit to the Saints; and though it be an enemy to Nature, yet it is the medium to Glory. 2 Cor. 5.4. For we that are in this Tabernacle do groan, being burdened, not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
A. That Death is a singular benefit to the Saints; and though it be an enemy to Nature, yet it is the medium to Glory.