A65285:1173
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.
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.
Quest. What is the Organical or Instrumental Cause of Adoption?