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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. 26. What's the best cure for a bad memory?
A. Labour to get an high esteem of it, and an experimental feeling of it, and frequently meditate on it, Psal. 119.16. I will delight my self in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word, Psal. 119.93. I will never forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast quickened me, Psal. 119.99. —Thy testimonies are my meditation.
Q. 26. How is Faith and Love principally manifested to the word after hearing?
A. 'Tis principally manifested by bringing forth the fruits of it in our lives, Col. 1.5, 6. For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, which is come unto you, as it is in all the world, and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye bear a of it, and knew the grace of God in truth.