A39662:1963
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. It's discovered under the names and notions of hatred of God, Rom. 1.30. Back-biters, haters of God, &c. Rebellion against God, 1 Sam. 15.23. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, ⟨p. 158⟩&c. And despising the Commandment of God, 2 Sam. 12.9. Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord?
Q. 4. What are the Attributes of God that Sin wrongs?
A. It wrongs all his Attributes, for it slights his Sovereignty, Exod. 5.2. And Pharaoh said, who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice, to let Israel go? Resists his Power, 1 Cor. 10.22. —Are we stranger than be? Despiseth his Goodness, Rom. 2.4. Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, &c. Taxeth his Justice, Ezek. 18.25. Yet ye say the way of the Lord is not equal, &c. And clouds his Holiness, Jam. 2.7. Do not they blaspheme that worthy name, by the which ye are called?
A. It wrongs all his Attributes, for it slights his Sovereignty,