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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 52 (Question 13 cont.)
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1. THAT be was •o compelling cause of […] fall; he did not necessitate it. For, (1.) HE had not the power of man's free w•ll. He was never made the lord and sovereign of man in the order of Gubernation; that do•• nion which he hath, he hath gotten it by […] fall; by God's just Judgment, and man's […] sent: he not only would not force by violence, for that the humane will is not capa••• of, but he could not morally alter or […] it, or put any new principles into it, […] was a creature. (2.) ADAM had in him created abi••i• […] serve God, and consequently to have […] the temptation. For God made him able […] perform the whole law, and this was […] essential part of it, to hearken to •o […] made to him, to draw him away from […] obedience, but with greatest indignation […] renounce them; this therefore he could […] done, by the improvement of his […] powers.
1. THAT be was •o compelling cause of 〈…〉 fall; he did not necessitate it. For, (1.) HE had not the power of man's free w•ll. He was never made the lord and sovereign of man in the order of Gubernation; that do•• nion which he hath, he hath gotten it by 〈…〉 fall; by God's just Judgment, and man's 〈…〉 sent: he not only would not force by violence, for that the humane will is not capa••• of, but he could not morally alter or 〈…〉 it, or put any new principles into it, 〈…〉 was a creature. (2.) ADAM had in him created abi••i• 〈…〉 serve God, and consequently to have 〈…〉 the temptation. For God made him able perform the whole law, and this was essential part of it, to hearken to o made to him, to draw him away from obedience, but with greatest indignation renounce them; this therefore he could done, by the improvement of his powers.