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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. Doth unpreparedness for the Word always hinder its efficacy on the heart?
Q. 9. Doth unpreparedness for the Word alwayes hinder its efficacy on the heart?
A. No, God sometimes is found of them that sought him not, Isa. 65.1. —I was found of them that sought me not, &c. But it is a sin to neglect it, and needs a pardon of God.
Q. 10. What's the first motive to prepare for solemn duties?
A. That it argues the sincerity of the heart, and in that case God will be merciful to infirmities, 2 Chron. 30.18, 19. For a multitude of the people, even a multitude of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not cleansed themselves, yet did eat the passover, but not as it is written: Wherefore Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, the good Lord be merciful towards him, that prepareth his whole heart to seek the Lord God, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.