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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. By Scripture Emblems as Jacob's Ladder. Gen. 28.12, 13. Ana he dreamed, and behold a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; behold the Angels of God ascended, and descended on it: And Ezekiel's wheels, Ezek 1.20. Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go, and the wheels were lifted up over against them, for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
A. By Scripture Emblems as Iacob's Ladder. Gen. 28.12, 13. Ana he dreamed, and behold a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; behold the Angels of God ascended, and descended on it: And Ezekiel's wheels, Ezek 1.20. VVhithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go, and the wheels were lifted up over against them, for the spirit of the livi•g creature was in the wheels.
Q. 3. What further Scripture evidence is there?
Q. 3. VVhat further Scripture evidence is there?
A The sure accomplishment of Scripture Predictions, as Israel's Captivity, and Deliverance from Egypt and Babylon, Christ's Incarnation, the Rise and Ruin of the Four Monarchies. Dan. 2.31. Thou, O King, sawest, and behold a great Image, whose brightnest was excellent, stood before thee, and the form thereof was terrible. Dan. 7.3. And four great beasts came up from the Sea, diverse one from the other.