 | Gilbert Crokatt, John Monro - Presbyterianism - 1738 - 146 pages
...made man purposely to damn him, by an eternal decree of reprobation ? A. Because their catechism says, Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever. Q. Why do they say that God glorifies himself in our damnation as well as our salvation ? A. Because... | |
 | Thomas Watson - Sermons, English - 1741 - 718 pages
...now beginning. Man's Mans Chief End to Glorify GOD. Qu E 8 TIONL RAT is the ch'tef End of Man? Refy. Man's chief End is to glorify GOD, and to enjoy him for ever. HE R t are two Ends of Life fpecified, i. Tbc glorifying of God. г. The enjoying of God. Firfl, l... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1755 - 318 pages
...OF Firft Part of the ASSEMBLY'S SHORTER CATECHISM. Oueft. i. t[rHatJs the chief End of 7 Man? ' Anf. Man's chief End is, to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. EXPLICATION. ; By Man's chief End is meant, the End -which Man was chiefly made for, and which he {hould... | |
 | James Fisher - Westminster Assembly - 1764 - 312 pages
...of EE JF THE • SHORTER CATECHISM EXPLAINED. .1. QUEST. TTJHJ.'f is the thief end -' of man ? ANSW. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. Q_ i. What is meant by man's chief end ? Anfui. That which ought to be man's chief aim and defign,... | |
 | John Flavel - Westminster Assembly - 1767 - 268 pages
...THE Affemblies Shorter Catechifm. I Queftion. Of Mans Chief End. WH AT is the Chief End of Man ? A. Man's Chief End is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. Q.. i. Seeing a Chief fuppofeth an inferior End; What is that inferior End for which Man was made J... | |
 | John Willison - Catechisms - 1790 - 334 pages
...FOR INSTRUCTING THE YOUNG AND IGNORANT, &c. QJJ ESTION I. Queft. W HAT is the chief End of Man? jinf. Man's chief End is, to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. Q._ What do you mean ly man's chief end? A. The main thing which a man fliould intend and aim at lri... | |
 | John Willison - 1798 - 720 pages
...i" Amen. . Dundee, iz:hj?t>rii\ 1737. (QUESTION I. Queft. "\1tTHAT is the chief end of man ? Anf. \\ Man's chief end is, to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. Q^ What do ye mean by man's chief end ? A. The main thing which a man fhould intend and aim at in his... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1806 - 508 pages
...MEW-YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. THE Shorter Catechism*. Queftion I. TJ/'HA'T it the chief end of man ? Anfioer. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. Q^ a. WTtat rule hath God given to fir eft us hoio ioe may glorify and enjoy him ? A. The word of God,... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - Westminster Assembly - 1806 - 308 pages
...THOMAS VINCENT. A* EXPLANATION or THE s Barter I. QUESTION. WHAT is the chief end of man ? Answer. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. Q. 1. What is meant by the chief end of man ? A. The chief end of man is that which man ought chiefly... | |
 | John Skinner - 1809 - 694 pages
...reconciling it to the first article of their catechetical instruction, couched in these terms — ' Man's chief end is to GLORIFY God, and to enjoy ' him for ever.' i Upon the whole, as the church is, on the one hand, careful not to widen the ' way of Lje,' which... | |
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Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. 
