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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 truth in our witness-bearing, as knowing God seeth our hearts, and is witness to all that we think or speak; Zech. 5.4. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name, &c.
A, It requires truth in our witness-bearing, as knowing God seeth our hearts, and is witness to all that we think or speak; Zech. 5.4. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth •alsly by my name, &c.
Q. 4. What's the third thing required in this Commandment?
A. That in all our Appeals to God in secret or doubtful matters, we be sure that the Appeal be necessary, awful and true: Jer 17.16. As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee, neither have I desired the woeful day, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee. Psal. 139.23, 24 Search me▪ O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts. And set if there be any wicked way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.
A. That in all our Appeals to God in secret or doubtful matters, we be sure that the Appeal be necessary, aweful and true: Ier 17.16. As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastour to follow thee, neither have I desired the woful day, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.