A39662:1838
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.
Q. 5. How else are we to defend other Mens Names?
A. By our readiness to receive with joy the reports of that good that is in them, 3 Epist. John 3. For I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. And discountenancing all reproaches maliciously vented against them, Psal. 15.3. —Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
A. By our readiness to receive with joy the reports of that good that is in them, 3 Epist. Iohn 3. For I rejoyced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. And discountenancing all reproaches maliciously vented against them, Psal. 15.3. —Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Q. 6. But what if the report be evidently true?