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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. That God should adopt us when he had a Son of his own. Men adopt because they want Children, and desire to have some to bear their Name; but that God should adopt us when he had a Son of his own, the Lord Jesus, here is the Wonder of Love. Christ is called God's dear Son, Col. 1.13. A Son more worthy then the angels. Heb. 1.4. Being made so much better then the angels. Now when God had a Son of his own, such a Son, here is the Wonder of God's Love in adopting us. We needed a Father, but he did not need Sons.
1. That God should adopt us when he had a Son of his own. Men adopt because they want Children, and desire to have some to bear their Name; but that God should adopt us when he had a Son of his own, the Lord Iesus, here is the Wonder of Love. Christ is call'd God's dear Son, Col. 1.13. A Son more worthy then the angels. Heb. 1.4. Being made so much better then the angels. Now when God had a Son of his own, such a Son, here is the Wonder of God's Love in adopting us. We needed a Father, but he did not need Sons.
2. Consider what we were before God did adopt us: We were very deformed; a Man will scarce adopt him for his Heir that is crooked and ill-favoured, but that hath some Beauty. Mordecai adopted Esther because she was fair. But we were in our Blood, and then God adopted us: Ezek. 16.6. When I saw thee polluted in thy blood, it was the time of love. God did not adopt us when we were bespangled with the Jewels of Holiness, and had the Angels Glory upon us, but when we were black as Ethiopians, diseased as Lepers, then it was the time of Love.