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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 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.
Q. 4. What were the first Creatures worshipped as Gods?
A. Probably the heavenly Bodies, Sun, Moon and Stars, because of their splendour and influence,; th•se as Heralds, do ⟨p. 111⟩proclaim God to the World. Psal. 19.1, 2. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handy work. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. And these messengers of God were mistaken for God himself; Job 31.26, 27. If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness, and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand; This also were an iniquity, for I should have denied the God that is above.