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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. The primary object of Faith is the Person of Christ, and the secondary are his benefits, Isa. 45.22. Look unto me, and •e saved, all the ends of the earth, &c. Phil. 3.8, 9. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ: the righteousness which is of God by faith.
A. The primary object of Faith is the Person of Christ, and the secondary are his benefits, Isa. 45.22. Look unto me, and •e saved, all the ends of the earth, &c. Phil. 3.8, 9. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Iesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ: the righteousness which is of God by faith.
Q. 8. May not a man look partly to Christ, and partly to his own Works and Duties for Righteousness?