A39662:1626
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. God hath set four peculiar marks of honour on it.
(1.) It is the largest of all the Commands. (2.) It hath a solemn Memento prefixed to it. (3.) It is delivered both positively and negatively, which the rest are not. And, (4.) It is enforced with more Arguments to strengthen the Command on us, than any other.
Q. 2. W•y will God have a Sabbath observed on Earth?
A. God will have a Sabbath on Earth, to give us therein an Emblem of that Eternal Sabbath in Heaven, wherein his people shall be serving him, and praising him without interruption, or mixture of any other business throughout Eternity; H•b. 4.9. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.