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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 sin of Idolatry is a most heinous sin, and goes nearer to the heart of God than other sins do, Ezek. 6.9. And they that escape of you, shall remember me among the nations whither they ⟨p. 156⟩shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols, and they shall loath themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. Jer. 44.4. Oh do not this abominable thing that I hate.
A. The sin of Idolatry is a most heinous sin, and goes nearer to the heart of God than other sins do, Ezek. 6.9. And they that escape of you, shall remember me among the nations whither they ⟨p. 156⟩shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their wh•rish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols, and they shall loath themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. Jer. 44.4. Oh do not this abominable thing that I hate.
Q. 6. What's the most heinous of all the sins in the world?
A. The sin against the Holy Ghost is the most heinous of all other sins, and shall never be forgiven by Him,