BODY OF DIVINITY:

WHEREIN THE

DOCTRINES

OF THE

CHRISTIAN RELIGION

ARE EXPLAINED AND DEFENDED.

BEING THE

SUBST.ANCE 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.

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

SECOND STREET

1815.

THE CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

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

CREATION, the word explained

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It was not from eternity

This proved from the invention of things

By the power and for the glory of God

Performed in six days

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Each day's work

Of instantaneous production

The condition and season of the year in which things were

created

Antiquity of nations vainly boasted of

Quest. XVI. Of Angels.

Of their existence

Nature and properties

Work and employment

Worship. Harmony therein, but no Hierarchy

How they impart their Ideas to one another

· Quest. XVII. Of the creation of Man.

Man was created male and female

Excellency of his make
Origin of the soul, in a note

Of God's image in man

.No men before Adam

Quest. XVIII. Of Providence.

Providence governs all creatures

And all their actions

His concern for man

How conversant about evil actions

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

Other things over-ruled by providence

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