A39662:1973
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. No, it is not; for the evil of Sin is not to be measured by the time in which, but by the object against which it is committed, Psal. 51.4, 5. —Against thee, thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, &c.
Q. 9. What learn we from hence?
A. Hence in the first place we learn the impossibility of satisfying Gods Justice for the least Sin that ever we committed, Job 7.20. I have sinned, what shall I do unto thee, &c. Psal. 130.3. If thou Lord shouldst mark iniquity, O Lord, who shall stand?
A. Hence in the first place we learn the impossibility of satisfying Gods Justice for the least Sin that ever we committed, Iob 7.20. I have sinned, what shall I do unto thee, &c. Psal. 130.3. If thou Lord shouldst mark iniquity, O Lord, who shall stand?