A65285:1172
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.
1. In Riches, Rev. 21.21. the Gates of Pearl, and the Streets of pure Gold, and as it were transparent Glass.
2. In Tranquility; it is peaceable, the white Lily of Peace is the best Flower of a Prince's Crown: Pax una triumphis innumeris melior—No Divisions at Home, or Invasions Abroad; no more the Noise of the Drum or Canon, but the Voice of Harpers harping the Hieroglyphic of Peace, Rev. 14.2.
2. In Tranquility; it is peaceable, the white Lily of Peace is the best Flower of a Prince's Crown: Pax una triumphis innumeris melior—No Divisions at Home, or Invasions Abroad; no more the Noise of the Drum or Canon, but the Voice of Harpers harping the Hieroglyphick of Peace, Rev. 14.2.
3. In Stability; other Kingdoms are corruptible, though they have Heads of Gold, yet Feet of Clay: but this Kingdom into which the Saints are adopted runs parallel with Eternity; 'tis a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, Heb. 12.28. The Heirs of Heaven reign for ever and ever, Rev. 22.5.