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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.
Of the Word read and heard.
Quest. 89. How is the Word made effectual to Salvation?
Quest. 89. HOw is the Word made effectual to Salvation?
A. The Spirit of God maketh the reading, but especially the preaching of the Word, an effectual means of convincing and converting sinners; and building them up in holiness and comfort, through Faith unto Salvation.
Q. 1. What mean you by the Word?
A. By the Word is meant the Word of God, consigned to writing in the Books of the Old and New Testament, which though it be ministered by men, yet it is no other than the very Word of God, and as such to be received, 1 Thess. 2.13. For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because when ye received the word of God, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men: but (as it is in truth) the word of God, &c.