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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.
And because the Answers therein are some of them pretty large, and Treat of the most profound Mysteries of our Religion; therefore several Persons have bestowed their good and laudable Pains, some in descanting more largely, and proving by Scriptural Reasons the Particulars: and one has shown the harmony thereof with the Articles and Homilies of the Church of England (designed, I suppose, to remove the prejudice which some have taken against it). Others have parted the Questions and Answers into several little ones, under each, to make them more intelligible to younger ones, and more easy to be remembered.
And because the Answers therein are some of them pretty large, and Treat of the most profound Mysteries of our Religion; therefore several Persons have bestowed their good and laudable Pains, some in descanting more largely, and proving by Scriptural Reasons the Particulars: and one has shewn the harmony thereof with the Articles and Homilies of the Church of England (designed, I suppose, to remove the prejudice which some have taken against it). Others have parted the Questions and Answers into several little ones, under each, to make them more intelligible to younger ones, and more easy to be remembred.
Among whom, Worthy, Orthodox, and Excellent Mr. John Flavell may be ranked, who among other of his many and most profitable Labours, applied himself to the chewing of this Bread of Life, or crumbling it into smaller pieces, for the Conveniency of Children and (indeed) of all; wherein (as in all his other Works) he hath shown himself a Workman that needs not to be ashamed.
Among whom, Worthy, Orthodox, and Excellent Mr. Iohn Flavell may be ranked, who among other of his many and most profitable Labours, applied himself to the chewing of this Bread of Life, or crumbling it into smaller pieces, for the Cenveniency of Children and (indeed) of all; wherein (as in all his other Works) he hath shewn himself a Workman that needs not to be ashamed.