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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 not in and from themselves, or the gifts and abilities of him that administers them, but from the Blessing and Spirit of the Lord, 1 Cor. 3.7. —Neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase.
Q. 8. Do all Gods Ordinances attain their end?
A. Yes, there is none of them in vain, but do attain their end, in the Salvation or Damnation of all that come under them, Isa. 55.10, 11. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and b•d, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return •nto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I send it. 2 Cor. 2.15, 16. For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: To the one ⟨p. 170⟩we are the savour of death unto death, and to the other the savour of life unto life, &c.