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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. 6. How comes the glory and enjoyment of God our Chief End?
A. He is our Master, and rightful Owner, and Benefactor; we receive our Being and Preservation from him; Of him, and through him, and therefore to him be all Things; Rom. 11.36.
Q. 7. Do all men make God their chief End?
A. No, they do not; some make their sensual Pleasure their chief End. Phil. 3.19. Whose God is their Belly; and some the World, Col. 3.5. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the Earth, and Covetousness, which is Idolatry.
A. No, they do not; some make their sensual Pleasure their chief End. Phil. 3.19. Whose God is their Belly; and some the World,