A Body of Practical Divinity

Name: A Body of Practical Divinity
Author: Thomas Watson

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 ...

Thomas Watson d. 1686London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692

[5], iv, 300, 331-544, 801-880, 965-1007, [7] p. · 512k words · Wing W1109 · ESTC R32148

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Of PEACE.

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Resp. This Peace hath the whole Trinity for its Author. 1. God the Father ⟨p. 208⟩is the God of Peace, 1 Thes. 5.23. 2. God the Son is the Prince of Peace, Isa. 9.6. 3. Peace is said to be the fruit of the Spirit, Gal. 5.22.

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1. God the Father is the God of Peace. As he is the God of Order, 1 Cor. 14.33. so the God of Peace, Phil. 4.9. This was the form of the Priests blessing the People, Numb. 6.26. The Lord give thee Peace.

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2. God the Son is the Purchaser of Peace. He hath made Peace by his Blood, Col. 1.20. Having made Peace by the Blood of his Cross. The Atonement Aaron made for the People when he entered into the Holy of Holies with Blood, was a Type of Christ our High Priest, who hath by his Sacrifice pacified his angry Father, and made Atonement for us. Christ purchased our Peace upon hard terms, his Soul was in an Agony, while he was travailing to bring forth Peace to the World.

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