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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. 1. What's the root or cause of Faith?
A. Not the power of Mans will. Eph. 2.8. For by grace ye are saved through •aith, and that not of your selves: it is the gift of God. But the Spirit of God, Gal. 5.22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith. John 1.12, 13. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name; which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Q. 2. How doth the Spirit of God ordinarily produce Faith?