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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. 2. What is the second Sin forbidden in this Commandment?
A. The second Sin against this Commandment is Will-worship, consisting in the addition of mans inventions to the Worship of God as a part thereof, Matth. 15.9. But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Col. 2.20, 21, 22, 23. Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world; why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not, taste not, bandle not: Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men: which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship and humility, and neglecting of the body, not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
A. The second Sin against this Commandment is Will-worship, consisting in the addition of mans inventions to the Worship of God as a part thereof, Matth. 15.9. But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Col. 2.20, 21, 22, 23. Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world; why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not, taste not, bandle not: Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men: which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will-worship and humility, and neglecting of the body, not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Q. 3. But if those additions be for the more decent worshipping of God, is it not allowed by