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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. They are dead whilst they live, 1 Tim. 5.6. But she that liveth in pleasure, is dead whilst she liveth. They have their Portion in this Life, Psal. 17.14. From men of the world which have their Portion in this Life, and their end is destruction; Phil. 3.19. Whose end is destruction.
Q. 3. How can man glorify God, seeing he is perfectly glorious in himself?
Q. 3. How can man glorifie God, seeing he is perfectly glorious in himself?
A. Man cannot glorify God by adding any new degree of glory to him. Job. 35.7. If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? but by manifesting his glory with the Lips; Psal. 50.23. Whoso offereth praise, glorifieth me; or with the life, Mat. 5.16. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven.
A. Man cannot glorifie God by adding any new degree of glory to him. Iob. 35.7. If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? but by manifesting his glory with the Lips; Psal. 50.23