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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.
Of the Manner of Christ's Incarnation.
Quest. 1. WAS Christ's Incarnation a voluntary act in him?
A. Yes, it was; for though he had a command to die for us, John 10.18. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of my self, I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; Yet he came willingly. Psal 40.6, 7. Sacrifice and offerings thou didst not desire, mine ears hast thou opened; burnt offerings, and sin offerings hast thou not required; lo, I come, in the volume of thy book, it is written of me, V. 8. I delight to do thy […]
A. Yes, it was; for though he had a command to die for us, Iohn 10.18. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of my self, I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; Yet he came willingly. Psal 40.6, 7. Sacrifice and offerings thou didst not desire, mine ears hast thou opened; burnt offerrings, and sin offerings hast thou not required; lo, I come, in the volume of thy book, it is written of me, V. 8. I delight to do thy 〈…〉