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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 32 (Question 7)
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Secondly, IN the Consideration of the Nature of the Decree; We may take up with the several Parts of the Description given in the Answer; in which we have,
1. A […] General Account of it; it is His Eternal Purpose; and this includes all: Here is,
1. A 〈…〉 General Account of it; it is His Eternal Purpose; and this includes all: Here is,
1. SOMETHING in which it agrees with other Decrees; it is His Purpose: Now a Purpose signifieth a sixth, resolved, determinate Resolution about a Thing. It is therefore said to be settled, Psal. 119.89. For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. A Purpose is opposed to Irresolution, ⟨p. 102⟩and Indetermination, when a Thing is under Deliberation: But He is resolved, He knows his own Thoughts, Jer. 29.11. For I know the that's that I think towards you, saith the Lord—.
1. SOMETHING in which it agrees with other Decrees; it is His Purpose: Now a Purpose signifieth a fixt, resolved, determinate Resolution about a Thing. It is therefore said to be settled, Psal. 119.89. For ever, O Lord, thy word is setled in heaven. A Purpose is opposed to Irresolution, ⟨p. 102⟩