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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. No, Sobriety and Reformation are Duties, but it's Faith and Regeneration that puts men into Christ, and out of danger, Matth. 5.20. —Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Titus 3.5. Not by works of righteousness, which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.
Q. 9. Do all believing and penitent Sinners escape Gods Wrath and Curse?
A. Yes, they do, and shall for ever escape it, Rom. 8.1. There is therefore now no condemnation to them, which are in Christ Jesus, &c. Col. 1.12, 13. Giving thanks unto God the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear son. Joh. 5.24. —He that beareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation: but is passed from death unto life.
A. Yes, they do, and shall for ever escape it, Rom. 8.1. There is therefore now no condemnation to them, which are in Christ Iesus, &c.