A65285:1285
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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Effect 7. Assurance would pacify a troubled Conscience: He who hath a disturbed vexatious Conscience, carries an Hell about him, Eheu quis intus Scorpio! but Assurance cures the Agony, and allays the Fury of Conscience: Conscience that before was turned into a Serpent, now is like a Bee that hath Honey in its Mouth, it speaks Peace; Tranquillus Deus tranquillat omnia, Tertull. When God is pacified towards us, then Conscience is pacified. If the Heavens are quiet, and there are no Winds stirring thence, the Sea is quiet and calm. So if there be no Anger in Gods Heart, if the Tempest of his Wrath doth not blow, Conscience is quiet and serene.
Effect 7. Assurance would pacifie a troubled Conscience: He who hath a disturbed vexatious Conscience, carries an Hell about him, Eheu quis intus Scorpio! but Assurance cures the Agony, and allays the Fury of Conscience: Conscience that before was turned into a Serpent, now is like a Bee that hath Hony in its Mouth, it speaks Peace; Tranquillus Deus tranquillat omnia, Tertull. When God is pacified towards us, then Conscience is pacified. If the Heavens are quiet, and there are no Winds stirring thence, the Sea is quiet and calm. So if there be no Anger in Gods Heart, if the Tempest of his Wrath doth not blow, Conscience is quiet and serene.
Effect. 8. Assurance would strengthen us against the Fear of Death; such as want it, cannot dye with Comfort, they are in aequilibrio, they hang in a doubtful Suspense, what shall become of them after Death: But he who hath Assurance, hath an [Greek or Hebrew], an happy and joyful Passage out of the World; he knows he is passed from Death to Life; he is carried full sail to Heaven; though he cannot resist Death, yet […] overcomes it.
Effect. 8. Assurance would strengthen us against the Fear of Death; such as want it, cannot dye with Comfort, they are in aequilibrio, they hang in a doubtful Suspence, what shall become of them after Death: But he who hath Assurance, hath an 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, an happy and joyful Passage out of the World; he knows he is passed from Death to Life; he is carried full sail to Heaven; though he cannot resist Death, yet overcomes it.