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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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Resp. 1. Be conversant in the Word of God. John 17.17. Sanctify them through thy truth. The Word is both a Glass to show us the Spots of our Soul, and a Laver to wash them away; the Word hath a transforming virtue in it, it irradiates the mind, and consecrates the heart.
Resp. 1. Be conversant in the Word of God. Iohn 17.17. Sanctifie them through thy truth. The Word is both a Glass to shew us the Spots of our Soul, and a Lavor to wash them away; the Word hath a transforming vertue in it, it irradiates the mind, and consecrates the heart.
2. Get Faith in Christ's Blood, Acts 15.9. Having purified their hearts by faith. She in the Gospel that touched the hem of Christ's Garment, was healed; a touch of Faith purifies; nothing can have a greater force upon the heart to sanctify it then Faith. If I believe Christ and his Merits are mine, how can I sin against him? Justifying Faith doth that in a Spiritual sense which miraculous Faith doth, it removes Mountains, the Mountain of Pride, Lust, Envy. Faith and the love of sin are inconsistent.
2. Get Faith in Christ's Blood, Acts 15.9. Having purified their hearts by faith. She in the Gospel that touched the hem of Christ's Garment, was healed; a touch of Faith purifies; nothing can have a greater force upon the heart to sanctifie it then Faith. If I believe Christ and his Merits are mine, how can I sin against him? Justifying Faith doth that in a Spiritual sense which miraculous Faith doth, it removes Mountains, the Mountain of Pride, Lust, Envy. Faith and the love of sin are inconsistent.