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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. It requires all men to know and acknowledge the unity of God. Deut. 6.4. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. And condemns Polytheism, or plurality of Gods. 1 Cor. 8.5, 6. For tho' there be that are called Gods, whether in heaven or in earth, as there be Gods many, and Lords many; but to us there is but one God.
Q. 3. Whence sprang the Opinion of more Gods than one at first in the world?
A. It sprang from ignorance of God's Omnipresence and Omnipotence. Hence came their vain imaginations. Rom. 1.21. Because that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. They thought the presence and power of God might reach one place, and not another. 1 Kings 20.23. And the servants of the King of Assyria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills, therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.