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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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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.
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.
4. Associate with sanctified Persons. They may by their Counsel, Prayers, holy Example, be a means to make you holy: As the communion of Saints is in our Creed, so it should be in our Company, Prov. 13.20. He that walketh with the wise shall be wise. Association begets Assimilation.
5. Pray for Sanctification. Job propounds a Question, Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Job 15.14. God can do it. Out of an unholy Heart he can produce Grace. O! make David's Prayer, Psal. 51.10. Create in me a clean heart, O God. Lay thy Heart before the Lord, and say, Lord, my unsanctified Heart pollutes all it toucheth. I am not fit to live with such an Heart, for I cannot honour thee; nor to die with such an Heart, for I cannot see thee. O create in me a clean heart; Lord consecrate my heart, and make it thy Temple, and thy Praises shall be sung there for ever.