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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. 5. How can deliverance out of Egypt, be an argument to them that never were in Egypt?
A. As that Deliverance was a Type of our Deliverance, so 'tis an argument to us, and an argument from the less to the greater; so it obligeth us more than them. Luke 1.74▪ 75. That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness an• righteousness before him all the days of our life.
Q 6. What is that deliverance we have? and how doth it […] us to Obedience?
Q 6. What is that deliverance we have? and how doth it 〈…〉 us to Obedience?
A. Our Deliverance is not from Egypt, but from Hell. Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.