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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. 'Tis a most precious Grace, 2 Pet. 1.1. —To them that have obtained like precious faith with us, &c. And must needs be so, seeing 'tis the bond of our union with Christ, Eph. 3.17. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that ye being rooted and grounded in love. That by which we are justified, Rom. 5.1. Therefore being justified by faith, &c. And that by which our Souls do live, Hab. 2.4. The just shall live by his faith.
Q. 2. What's the second property of Saving Faith?
A. The second property of Faith is this, that it is the most useful Grace in this World to a Believer, it being the Souls eve, Heb. 11:27. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured as seeing him, who is invisible, &c. Its •a•d to apprehend Christ, Phil. 3.12. —That I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. It's Cordial in a fainting season, Psal. 27.3. I had fainted, unless I had believed, &c.