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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. No: God's choice was not on foreseen works; but merely of his grace, and good pleasure of his will. Eph. 1.5.6. Having predestinated us into the adoption of children by Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace.
A. No: God's choice was not on foreseen works; but meerly of his grace, and good pleasure of his will. Eph. 1.5.6. Having predestinated us into the adoption of children by Iesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace.
Q. 3. Is this Election of God made in time, and that according as men use their free will, or from Eternity?
A. Election is an Eternal act of God before the world was, and depends not on Man's using his free-will; as appears from Eph. 1.4. According as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and without blame before him in love.