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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. That all his other Attributes flow out of it as their Fountain: The other Acts of God are but the Effluxes of his Goodness. Exod. 33.19. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee, and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy unto whom I will show mercy. Exod. 34.6. And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed The Lord, the Lord God. merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.
A. That all his other Attributes flow out of it as their Fountain: The other Acts of God are but the Effluxes of his Goodness. Exod. 33.19. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee, and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy unto whom I will shew mercy. Exod. 34.6. And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed The Lord, the Lord God. merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.
Q 4 What is the Second Property of the Divine Goodness?
A. That it is supreme, and perfect in it self, so as the goodness of no Creature is, or can be. Luke 18.19. None is good save one, and that is God: And consequently above all additions from the Creature.