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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. 5. What is the First Property of God's Decrees?
A. That they are most wise Acts of God laid in the depth of Wisdom and Counsel Rom. 11.33. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Q. 6. What is the Second Property of God's Decrees?
A. The Decrees of God are most free, all flowing from the mere pleasure of his Will. Rom. 9.18. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
A. The Decrees of God are most free, all flowing from the meer pleasure of his Will. Rom. 9.18. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.