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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 implies the loving of God purely and absolutely for himself. The Excellencies that are in him. Cant. 1.3. Thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore the virgins love thee. And the benefits we receive from him. Psal 116.1. I love the Lord because he hath heard my voice and my supplication.
Q. 3. What is the Second Property of this Supreme Love?
Q. 3. What is the Second Property of this Supream Love?
A Supreme love devotes the whole man to God and Christ: So that in life and death that man designs the Glory of God as his main end. Rom. 14.7, 8. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself; for whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore or die, we are the Lord's.
A Supream love devotes the whole man to God and Christ: So that in life and death that man designs the Glory of God as his main end. Rom. 14.7, 8. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself; for whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore or die, we are the Lord's.