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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
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Q. 13. What's the second benefit of a strong Faith?
A. It gives the Soul the ravishing foresight and foretasts of Heaven upon Earth, 1 Pet. 1.8. Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom though now ye see him not, yet believing ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.
A. It gives the Soul the ravishing foresight and foretasts of Heaven upon Earth, 1 Pet. 1.8. Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom though now ye see him not, yet believing ye rejoyce with joy unspeakable and full of glory.
Q. 14. What's the last office Faith doth for a Believer in this World?
A. It supports and encourages him at Death by the Promises, when all other Comforts fail, Heb. 11.13. These all dyed in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them aar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.