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.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

FIRST AMERICAN, FROM THE THIRD EUROPEAN EDITION

PHILADELPHIA:

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

SECOND STREETS.

1815.

THE CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

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

The condition and season of the year in which things were

created

Antiquity of nations vainly boasted of

QUEST. XVI. Of Angels.

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Of their existence

Nature and properties

Work and employment

How they impart their Ideas to one another

Worship. Harmony therein, but no Hierarchy

QUEST. XVII. Of the creation of Man.

Man was created male and female

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Excellency of his make

Origin of the soul, in a note

Of God's image in man

No men before Adam

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

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