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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 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. Psalm 16.2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord— my goodness extendeth not unto thee.
A. That it is supream, 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. Psalm 16.2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord— my goodness extendeth not unto thee.
Q. 5. What is the Third Property of God's Goodness?
A. That it is communicative with pleasure and delight to the Creature: No Mother draws out her Breast to an hungry Child with more pleasure than God doth his Goodness to the Saints. Psalm 145.9. The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works.