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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. It consists in real inward sorrow for sin, as committed against God, Psal. 51.3, 4. For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, &c. A loathing of our selves for it, Ezek. 36.31. —And shall loath your selves in your own sight for your iniquities, and for your abominations. And of our best Duties as sinful and insufficient things, Isa. 64.5, 6. —We are all as an unclean thing; and all our righteousness are as filthy rags, &c.
Q. 6. Wherein else doth it consist?
A. In turning from sin as well as grieving for it, Isa. 55.7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, &c. Prov. 28.13. He that covereth his sins, shall not prosper, but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them, shall have mercy.