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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 6 (Question 2 cont.)
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SERMON VI.
Prop. IV. THAT this Word, which is the Rule, is contained in the SCRIPTURES of the Old and New Testament. The holy Scripture are called a Rule Mero•y•i•••ly, because they, […] in them all that is needful to be known, to guide or direct fallen man to the attainment of his chief •nd: and they were given by God […] this very purpose, that they might show to •an his way.
Prop. IV. THAT this Word, which is the Rule, is contained in the SCRIPTURES of the Old and New Testament. The holy Scripture are called a Rule Mero•y•i•••ly, because they, 〈…〉 in them all that is needful to be known, to guide or direct fallen man to the attainment of his chief •nd: and they were given by God 〈…〉 this very porpose, that they might shew to •an his way.
THERE are three things which will be here requi••• […], viz. (1.) That the Scriptures of […] and New Testament are the Word of God. (2.) That God hath given them to be our only Rule to direct us to our chief end. (3.) That they are a sufficient Rule to this purpose.