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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. 2. How could man be under a Law before the Law was given by Moses?
A. Before ever the Law was given at Sinai, all the race of Adam had a Law written in their Hearts, viz. the Light of Reason, and Dictates of natural Conscience. Rom. 2.14. For when the Gentiles which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the Law, these having not the law, are a law ⟨p. 103⟩unto themselves. And besides this, the Church had the revealed will of God to direct them. 2 Pet. 1.19, 20. We have also a more sure word of Prophesy, whereunto ye do well to take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place until the day down, and the day-star arise in your hearts. Knowing this first, that no prophesy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation.
Q. 3. What is the meaning of the Moral Law?