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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. He doth it to make Christ desirable in the sinners eyes, that he may fly to him, Matth. 9.12, 13. But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, they that •e whole need not a Physician, •ut they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth. I will have mercy and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
A. He doth it to make Christ desirable in the sinners eyes, that he may fly to him, Matth. 9.12, 13. But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, they that •e whole need not a Physitian, •ut they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth. I will have mercy and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Q. 4. Is the •ight of sin sufficient to Repentance?
A. No; there must be apprehension of Mercy and forgiveness with God, or else no man can sincerely repent, Rom. 2.4. —Not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance. And this Mercy must be discerned in and through Christ, —Zech. 12.10. —And they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.