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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. Three things especially convince us. First The Holiness of the Doctrine therein contained. Secondly, The awful efficacy ⟨p. 4⟩thereof on the Soul. Thirdly, The uncontrollable Miracles by which they are sealed, put it beyond all rational doubt, that they are the very Word of God.
A. Three things especially convince us. First The Holiness of the Doctrine therein contained. Secondly, The awful efficacy ⟨p. 4⟩thereof on the Soul. Thirdly, The uncontroulable Miracles by which they are sealed, put it beyond all rational doubt, that they are the very Word of God.
Q. 3. What is the Holiness of the Scriptures? and how doth that prove them to be God's Word?
A. The Holiness of the Scriptures doth appear in two things. First, In commanding and encouraging whatsoever is pure, and holy; Phil. 4.8. Whatsoever things are pure. Secondly. In forbidding all unholiness, under pain of Damnation, 1 Cor. 6.9. Know ye not, that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God, &c. This shows that they came not from Satan, being cross to his design; nor from men, it being against his corrupt nature; and therefore from God only.
A. The Holiness of the Scriptures doth appear in two things. First, In commanding and encouraging whatsoever is pure, and holy;