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BODY OF DIVINITY:

WHEREIN THE

DOCTRINES

OF THE

CHRISTIAN RELIGION

ARE EXPLAINED AND DEFENDED.

BEING THE

SUBSTANCE OF SEVERAL LECTURES

ON

THE ASSEMBLY'S LARGER CATECHISM.

BY THOMAS RIDGLEY, D. D.

WITH NOTES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED,

BY JAMES P. WILSON, D. D.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

PIRST AMERICAN, FROM TUE THIRD EUROPEAN EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:

PRINTED BY AND FOR WILLIAM W. WOODWARD, CORNER OF CHESNUT AND SOUTE

SECOND STREET

1815.

THE CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME

QUEST. XIV, XV. Of the work of Creation.

CREATION, the word explained

Page

It was not from eternity

7

This proved from the invention of things

13

By the power and for the glory of God

Performed in six days

16

Each day's work

19

Of instantaneous production

17

The condition and season of the year in which things were

created

24

Antiquity of nations vainly boasted of

10

QUEST. XVI. Of Angels.

of their existence

26

Nature and properties

28

Work and employment

30

Worship. Harmony therein, but no Hierarchy

31

How they impart their Ideas to one another

33

Quest. XVII. Of the creation of Man.

Man was created male and female

34

Excellency of his make

40

Origin of the soul, in a note

41

Of God's image in man

No men before Adam

37

Quest. XVIII. Of Providence.

Providence governs all creatures

47

And all their actions

ibid

His concern for man

51

How conversant about evil actions

52

Sin over-ruled for God's glory, and his people's good 53

Other things over-ruled by providence

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