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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
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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.
2. God consecrates us with his Spirit: Whom he Adopts he Anoints; whom he makes Sons, he makes Saints: When a Man adopts another for his Son and Heir, he may put his Name upon him, but he cannot put his Disposition into him; if he be of a morose rugged Nature, he cannot alter it. But whom God adopts he sanctifies: He doth not only give them a new Name, but a new Nature, 2 Pet. 1.4. God ⟨p. 135⟩turns the Wolf into a Lamb; he makes the Heart humble and gracious, he works such a Change as if another Soul did dwell in the same Body.
Quest. From what State doth God take us when he adopts us?
Resp. From a State of Sin and Misery. King Pharaoh's Daughter took Moses out of the Ark of Bulrushes in the Water, and adopted him for her Son. God did not take us out of the Water, but out of our Blood, and adopted us,