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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. 8. Why did Christ stay so long on Earth?
Q. 8. VVhy did Christ stay so long on Earth?
A. To assure the truth of his Resurrection, and to settle the due Government of his Church. Acts 1.2, 3.
Q. 9. For what end did he ascend?
A. To take possession of his glory. John 17.5. And now, O father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. And that as our fore-runner. Heb. 6.20. Whither the fore-runner is for us entered, even Jesus, &c.
A. To take possession of his glory. Iohn 17.5