A39662:1767
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. The second Reason is, because of the evil of it to our selves: As (1.) It injures the Body, 1 Cor. 6.18. —He that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body. (2.) It levels us with the Heathen, Eph. 4.17, 19. This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, —Who being past feeling, have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. (3.) Dishonours our Names; Prov. 6.32, 33. But whoso committeth adultery with a ⟨p. 142⟩woman, —a wound and dishonour shall he get, &c. (4.) Scatters our Estates, Prov. 5.10. Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and thy labours be in the house of strangers. (5.) Destroyeth the Soul; Prov. 6.32. —He that doth it, destroyeth his own soul.
A. The second Reason is, because of the evil of it to our selves: As (1.) It injures the Body, 1 Cor. 6.18. —He that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body. (2.) It levels us with the Heathen, Eph. 4.17, 19. This I say therefore, and testifie in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, —Who being past feeling, have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. (3.) Dishonours our Names; Prov. 6.32, 33. But whoso committeth adultery with a ⟨p. 142⟩woman, —a wound and dishonour shall he get, &c. (4.) Scatters our Estates, Prov. 5.10