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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 is unquestionably the Duty of every man to obey the will of God, so far as he hath made it known to him. Micah 6.8. He hath showed thee, O man, what is good, and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.
A. It is unquestionably the Duty of every man to obey the will of God, so far as he hath made it known to him. Micah 6.8. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.
Q. 2. On what account is Man's Obedience due to God?
Q. 2. On what a•count is Man's Obedience due to God?
A. 'Tis due to him, First, As he is Creator, In whom we live, and move, and have our being, Acts 17.27, 28. Secondly, As he is our Benefactor, from whom we receive all our Mercies. Deut. 28.47. Because thou servest not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies, which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger▪ thirst and nakedness, and in want of all things. Thirdly, As he is our Lord, and Law-giver. Jam 4.12. There is one Law-giver, who is able to save, and to destroy.