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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. The Word is appointed to be the first means of begetting Faith; 1 Cor. 3.5. Who then is Paul? or who is Apollo? but ministers by whom ye believed, &c. Sacraments are to seal and confirm it, Rom. 4.11. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of faith, &c.
A. The Word is appointed to be the first means of begeting Faith; 1 Cor. 3.5. Who then is Paul? or who is Apollo? but ministers by whom ye believed, &c. Sacraments are to seal and confirm it, Rom. 4.11. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of faith, &c.
Q. 6. What is meant by an effectual mean of Salvation?
A. By an effectual mean, is meant such a mean as fully obtains and accomplishes the end it was appointed for, 1 Thess. 2.13. —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, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.