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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. 7. What is it to love our Neighbour as our selves?
A. It is the exact Observation and Practice of the golden Rule of Christ. Matt. 7.12. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them, for this is the law and the prophets.
Q. 8. Are all men to be loved alike, and with the same degree of Love?
A. No; tho we must love all men with the love of Benevolence; yet the Saints only with the love of Complacency. Psal. 16.3. But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. And to such we must especially do good. Gal. 6.10. As we have therefore opportunity, ⟨p. 107⟩