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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.
Q. 1. Is every man under the Direction and Obligation of a Law?
A. Yes; being a reasonable Creature is capable of, and fitted for Government by Law, which other Creatures are not; and being an accountable Creature to God, must needs be under a Law. Rom. 2.15. Which show the works of the Law written in their hearts; their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing, or else excusing one another?
A. Yes; being a reasonable Creature is capable of, and fitted for Government by Law, which other Creatures are not; and being an accountable Creature to God, must needs be under a Law. Rom. 2.15. Which shew the works of the Law written in their hearts; their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing, or else excusing one another?
Q. 2. How could man be under a Law before the Law was given by Moses?