A39662:1736
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 respects and bridles the inward Passion of the Soul, as well as outward Actions; as Hatred, 1 John 3.15. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer, &c. And causeless Anger, Matth. 5.22. But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, &c.
A. It respects and bridles the inward Passion of the Soul, as well as outward Actions; as Hatred, 1 Iohn 3.15. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer, &c. And causless Anger, Matth. 5.22. But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, &c.
Q. 4. Doth this Command only respect the lives of others?
A. No, it primarily respects our own lives, and forbids us all things that tend to the shortening and ruin of them, Eph. 5.29. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church.