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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. The first Instruction is, That God is a fit object of our trust, dependence, and resignation. Isa. 30.18. And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you; for the Lord is a God of judgment; blessed are all they that wait for him.
A. The first Instruction is, That God is a fit object of our trust, dependance, and resignation. Isa. 30.18. And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you; for the Lord is a God of judgment; blessed are all they that wait for him.
Q. 8. What is the second Instruction from hence?
Q. 8. VVhat is the second Instruction from hence?
A. The second Instruction is, That it is a dangerous arrogancy in the Creature, either to prescribe unto God, and direct his Maker. Job 21.22. Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judgeth those that are high? Or to quarrel with his providences, as not so fit and convenient as they should be. Job 40.2. Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? He that reproveth God, let him answer it.
A. The second Instruction is, That it is a dangerous arrogancy in the Creature, either to prescribe unto God, and direct his Maker.