A65285:1159
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Quest. What this [Greek or Hebrew], this Filiation or Adoption is?
Quest. What this 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, this Filiation or Adoption is?
Resp. Adoption is the taking a Stranger into the Relation of a Son and Heir: So Moses was the adopted Son of King Pharaoh's Daughter, Exod. 2.10. And Esther was the adopted Child of her Cousin Mordecai, Esth. 2.7. Thus God adopts us into the Family of Heaven; and God in adopting us doth two things:
Resp. Adoption is the taking a Stranger into the Relation of a Son and Heir: So Moses was the adopted Son of King Pharoah's Daughter, Exod. 2.10. And Esther was the adopted Child of her Cousin Mordecai, Esth. 2.7. Thus God adopts us into the Family of Heaven; and God in adopting us doth two things:
1. He Ennobles us with his Name, he who is adopted bears his Name who adopts him, Rev. 3.12. I will write on him the name of my God.