A39662:1898
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. 2. But if a man commit no external act against the Law, may he not be said perfectly to keep it, although in mind or thought he should transgress?
A. No, for an inward motion of sin in the Heart, that never breaks forth into act, is a violation of the Law, and brings the Soul under the curse of it, Matth. 5.21, 22. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill: and wh•soever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment, But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with h•s brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, &c. And ver. 27, 28. Ye have heard that ⟨p. 153⟩it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Q. 3. May not a man keep the Law, if he keep some of its Commands, though he cannot keep every one of them punctually?