A39662:1958
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. 1. Wherein doth the evil of Sin principally consist?
Q. 1. Wherein doth the evil of Sin principal•y consist?
A. It consists principally in the offence it gives, and the wrong it doth to God, Psal. 51.4. Against thee, thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight.
Q. 2. What's the first offence and wrong Sin doth to God?
A. It consists in its enmity to God, Rom. 8.7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God, &c. Expressed in Scripture by walking contrary to him, Levit. 26.40. —They have also walked contrary to me. Fighting against God,