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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. Hence we learn the excellency of Divine love. Moses expresses the Whole Duty of Man in Ten Commandments. Christ hangs the Whole Law upon these Two, Love to God, and our Neighbour. Mark 12.30, 31. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first Commandment. And the Second is like, namely, this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self; there is none other Commandment greater than these. And the Apostle reduces these Two into One. Gal. 5.14. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, •uen in this, Thou shalt love thy Neighbour as thy self.
Q. 10. What is the second Inference from hence?
A. It convinces the holiest of men how far short they come in their Obedience to the rule of duty, and therein the law is our School-master to bring us to Christ. Gal. 3.24.