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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. He that makes religious Duties Mediums to attain carnal Advantages only, is of a worse than mercenary Spirit. Hos. 7.14. And they have not cried unto me with their hearts, when they howled upon their beds; they assembled themselves for corn and wine, and they rebelled against me But to be quickened by Mercy to Duty is not mercenary, but Evangelical. Hos. 3.5. They shall fear the Lord and his goodness.
Q. 8. What is the first Inference from hence?
A. That great is the condescension of God to Man, that he will use arguments to induce him to obedience, who might exact it only by his Sovereignty, and justly damn us for our disobedience. 2 Cor. 5.20. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us, we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
A. That great is the condescention of God to Man, that he will use arguments to induce him to obedience, who might exact it only by his Sovereignty, and justly damn us for our disobedience. 2 Cor. 5.20. Now then we are embassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us, we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.