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A Body of Divinity, Vol. 1 (of 4) / Wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are explained and defended, being the substance of several lectures on the Assembly's Larger Catechism

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A systematic exposition and defense of Christian doctrine drawn from the Assembly’s Larger Catechism, delivered as a series of lectures with explanatory notes. It treats the being and attributes of God, the Trinity, eternal generation and procession, decrees, providence, and the problem of moral evil while rejecting any implication that God authors sin. It argues for election, particular redemption, and efficacious grace while emphasizing the freeness of divine grace, the covenant of grace, and the inseparable link between true belief and practical holiness to rebut charges of licentiousness. Supplemental commentary clarifies technical terms and makes complex theological issues accessible to ordinary readers.

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Title: A Body of Divinity, Vol. 1 (of 4)

Author: Thomas Ridgley

Annotator: James P. Wilson

Release date: March 26, 2019 [eBook #59133]

Language: English

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Footnotes have been collected at the end of the text, and are linked for ease of reference.

A Body of Divinity

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. I.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FROM THE THIRD EUROPEAN EDITION.
PHILADELPHIA:
PRINTED BY AND FOR WILLIAM. W. WOODWARD, CORNER OF CHESNUT AND SOUTH
SECOND STREETS.
1814.

District of Pennsylvania, to wit:

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventeenth day of May, in the thirty-eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1813, William W. Woodward, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit:

“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. First American, from the third European Edition.”

In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, intitled, “An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned.”—And also to the Act, entitled “An Act supplementary to An Act, entitled ‘An act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned,’ and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.”

D. CALDWELL, Clerk of the
District of Pennsylvania.