A39662:248

An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…

Name: An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
Author: John Flavel

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.

John Flavel 1630?–1691London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692

[6], 224 p. · 87k words · Wing F1160 · ESTC R25088

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Question 4 › Of G•d's Goodness.

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Of G•d's Goodness.

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Quest. 1. WHAT is the Goodness of God?

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A. It is an Essential Property of his Nature, whereby he is absolutely and perfectly good in himself, and the Fountain of all communicated Goodness to the Creature. Psalm 119.68. Thou art good, and dost good, teach me thy Statutes.

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Q 2. How doth the Goodness of God differ from the Mercy of God?

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A. It differs in its Objects; for Misery is the Object of Mercy; but Goodness extends to the Creatures that are happy, as well as miserable; as the Angels,

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The book

Title as printed

Author

John Flavel 1630?–1691

Place

London

Bookseller

Tho. Cockerill

Year

1692

Size

[6], 224 p.

Words

87,231

Catalogue

Wing F1160 · ESTC R25088

Text

EEBO-TCP A39662

Passages

2,821

Sections

180

Title page

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Of G•d's Goodness.