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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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5. THE perfect Consent or Agreement of the Scripture with it self. Tho' it came through' many hands, was written by several Men, who were used as Amanuenses; yet it appears to be dictated by one and the same Spirit, because of the excellent harmony there is in it. The style indeed is divers, the manner of expression various; there is great diversity between the language of the Old & New Testament: but yet the matter is agreeable. One writer doth not contradict another, nor do they charge each other with falsehood. One Prophet agrees with another, and all of them with Moses. The Evangelists also and Apostles agree with them The later written books of the Bible do add confirmation to the former. The Gospel gives assurance of the fulfilling of what was predicted in the law. (Luke 1.70.) There are indeed men of perverse minds, that go about to set the Scripture at variance with it self: but not withstanding all their atheistical attempts, they cannot obtain. All may be reconciled, and it is only men's ignorance and prejudice, that leads them to such atheistical attempts. They all agree in Christ, ⟨p. 19⟩and centre in him. Rom. •.31. Do we […] make […] the […] through •aith? God […]: yea, we establish the […]. Heb. 13 8. Jesus Christ the same yesterday and to day, and for ever.
5. THE perfect Consent or Agreement of the Scripture with it self. Tho' it came thro' many hands, was written by several Men, who were used as Amanuenses; yet it appears to be dictated by one and the same Spirit, because of the excellent harmony there is in it. The style indeed is divers, the manner of expression various; there is great diversity between the language of the Old & New Testament: but yet the matter is agreeable. One writer doth not contradict another, nor do they charge each other with falsehood. One Prophet agrees with another, and all of them with Moses. The Evangelists also and Apostles agree with them The later written books of the Bible do add confirmation to the former. The Gospel gives assurance of the fulfilling of what was predicted in the law. (