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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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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.
3. Breathe after the Spirit; it is called the sanctification of the Spirit, 2 Thess. 2.13. The Spirit sanctifies the Heart, as Lightning purifies the Air, as Fire refines Metals. Omne agens generat sibi simile: The Spirit stamps the impress of its own Sanctity upon the Heart, as the Seal prints its Effigies and Likeness upon the Wax. The Spirit of God in a Man perfumes him with Holiness, and makes his Heart a Map of Heaven.