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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.
Q. 4. Are there not some things which God cannot do?
A. Yes, there are, but they are such things as are inconsistent with his truth and holiness. Tit. 1.2.—which God that cannot lye. 2 Tim. 2.13. He cannot deny himself.
Q. 5. What is the first thing inferred from God's power?
A. That all the creatures necessarily depend on him for what ability they have, and without the permission of the supreme Power they can do us no hurt. Joh. 19.11. Thou couldest have no power against me except it were given thee from above.
A. That all the creatures necessarily depend on him for what ability they have, and without the permission of the supreme Power they can do us no hurt.