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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. No, It is the property of Goodness to hate and punish Evil in the impenitent. Exod 34.7. Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty, &c. And the Afflictions of the Saints flow from his Goodness, and end in their true and eternal good. Heb 12.6. For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Psalm 119.71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy Statutes.
A. No, It is the property of Goodness to hate and punish Evil in the impenitent. Exod 34.7. Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty, &c. And the Afflictions of the Saints flow from his Goodness, and end in their true and eternal good. Heb 12.6. For whom the Lord loveth, he chastneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Psalm 119.71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy Stàtutes.
Q. 9. What may we infer from the Goodness of God?
A. The first thing is, that Sin hath made our Natures base, and disingenuous, in that we take no notice of his Goodness. Isa. 1.3. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his masters crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider; And answer not the design of it. Rom. 2.4. Not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance.