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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.
Q. 1. What mean you by the word Godhead?
Q. 1. VVhat mean you by the word Godhead?
A. It is the Nature, Essence, or Being of God, as the Apostle speaks; Acts 17.29. Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art, and mans device.
Q. 2. What is a Person in the Godhead?
Q. 2. VVhat is a Person in the Godhead?
A. It is the Godhead distinguished by personal Properties; each person having his distinct personal Properties. Heb. 1.3. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, upholding all things by the word of his power.