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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 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. Col. 1.13. And our persons are bought by the Redeemer to glorify God. 1 Cor. 6.19. What, know ye not that your body is the Temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you; for ye are bought with a price; wherefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirits which are Gods.
Q. 7. Is it not mercenary to serve God upon the account of benefits received, or to be received?
A. He that makes religious Duties Mediums to attain carnal Advantages only, is of a worse than mercenary Spirit.