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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.
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.
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 Iesus 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.
Q. 10. To whom are the Ordinances made effectual to Salvation?