An Explication of the First Part of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism: In Continued Discourses on Each Question. To which is Subjoined, the Peculiar Advantage and Business of Life ... Never Before Printed. By ... Thomas Boston ... |
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His civil Actions , fuch as Plowing and Sowing , are Sin : Prov . xxi . 4. The plowing of the wicked is ' fin . ' And his religious Actions are Sin , Prov . xv . 8. The facrifice of the wicked is an abomi- ' nation to the Lord .
His civil Actions , fuch as Plowing and Sowing , are Sin : Prov . xxi . 4. The plowing of the wicked is ' fin . ' And his religious Actions are Sin , Prov . xv . 8. The facrifice of the wicked is an abomi- ' nation to the Lord .
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... that have contrived , fpoken , and acted well for God in the world : but now , if the cause of God and religion , which is very low , were at the laft gafp , there is no more help to be had from thofe heads , tongues , and hands .
... that have contrived , fpoken , and acted well for God in the world : but now , if the cause of God and religion , which is very low , were at the laft gafp , there is no more help to be had from thofe heads , tongues , and hands .
Page 231
A child of God will be con- cerned , that religion may be kept up and propo gate in it and while he is living , he has accefs to contribute to it . And here confider , ift , What he has accefs to do for that end ; namely , to praise God ...
A child of God will be con- cerned , that religion may be kept up and propo gate in it and while he is living , he has accefs to contribute to it . And here confider , ift , What he has accefs to do for that end ; namely , to praise God ...
Page 232
... is to open the windows , and let in its light , and bid him look to it with his eyes : The best way to commend God and religion to the generation rifing , is to labour that they may know and understand them , by teaching . ( 2. ) ...
... is to open the windows , and let in its light , and bid him look to it with his eyes : The best way to commend God and religion to the generation rifing , is to labour that they may know and understand them , by teaching . ( 2. ) ...
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It is the fpecial bufinefs and privi- lege of life , to propagate religion , God's name and praife , the fanding generation to the rifing gene- ration , the fathers to the children , all along . . DOCT . III .
It is the fpecial bufinefs and privi- lege of life , to propagate religion , God's name and praife , the fanding generation to the rifing gene- ration , the fathers to the children , all along . . DOCT . III .
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| Title | An Explication of the First Part of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism: In Continued Discourses on Each Question. To which is Subjoined, the Peculiar Advantage and Business of Life ... Never Before Printed. By ... Thomas Boston ... Eighteenth century collections online |
| Author | Thomas Boston |
| Contributor | Westminster Assembly of Divines |
| Publisher | William Gray, and sold at his printing-house, 1755 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 20 Jun 2017 |
| Length | 301 pages |
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