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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. 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.
Q. 9. Are instituted Ordinances the only means of Salvation?
A. They are not the only means; for God can convert Men to Christ without them, Acts 9.4, 5. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice, saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, who art thou, Lord! and the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. But they are the ordinary standing means, Rom. 10.14, 15. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach except they be sent? &c.