A

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.

PHILADELPHIA:

PRINTED BY AND FOR WILLIAM W. WOODWARD, CORNER OF CHEGNET AND SOUTH

SECOND STREETS.

1815.

THE CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

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

Each day's work

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Of instantaneous production

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The condition and season of the year in which things were

created

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Antiquity of nations vainly boasted of

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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

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

Other things over-ruled by providence