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A complete body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the…A compleat body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the…
A complete body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the Assembly's Shorter catechism wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are unfolded, their truth confirmed, their excellence displayed, their usefulness improved; contrary errors & vices refuted & exposed, objections answered, controversies settled, cases of conscience resolved; and a great light thereby reflected on the present age. / By the Reverend & learned Samuel Willard, M.A. late Pastor of the South Church in Boston, and vice-president of Harvard College in Cambridge, in New-England. ; Prefaced by the pastors of the same church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]A compleat body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the Assembly's Shorter catechism wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are unfolded, their truth confirm'd, their excellence display'd, their usefulness improv'd; contrary errors & vices refuted & expos'd, objections answer'd, controversies settled, cases of conscience resolv'd; and a great light thereby reflected on the present age. / By the Reverend & learned Samuel Willard, M.A. late Pastor of the South Church in Boston, and vice-president of Harvard College in Cambridge, in New-England. ; Prefac'd by the pastors of the same church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
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AN EXPOSITION OF THE ASSEMBLY's SHORTER CATECHISM: IN Two Hundred a… › Sermon 50 (Question 13)
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[1.] IT is called an Apostasy, Heb. 3.12 The Word properly signifies a standing off, and so properly expresseth the fallen State of Man: He was made to close with God, but now […] stood off from him, departed and separated himself; hence a sinful Man is said to be separated, Isa. 59 •. It implies a Defection, and there […] two Things contained in it: (1.) THAT Man l•st the Place which God […] set him in. There was a Station to which […] was appointed, but he Deserted it: God ••• manded him to Serve him; and to make […] Glory the ultimate Scope of his whole Life, and all his Actions, he was ranked foremost in […] visible Creation, but he broke his Rank, deserted his Place, slew from his Colours. (2.) THAT he Rebelled against God, and […] part with His Enemies, against his Maker: He went over to those that had taken up Ar•• against his Lord, and listed himself among the• and became of their Party: He went away from God to the Creature; it is summarily expres• i•, Jer. 2.13. For my people have committed […] evils; they have forsaken me the fountain […] living waters, and h•w•d them out cisterns, •• ken cisterns that can •o•d •o water. And […] is surely a great Fall.
[1.] IT is called an Apostacy, Heb. 3.12 The Word properly signifys a standing off, and so properly expresseth the fallen State of Man: He was made to close with God, but now 〈…〉 stood off from him, departed and seperated himself; hence a sinful Man is said to be seperated,