A65285:1377
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.
Quest. 6. What shall we do to obtain this Spiritual Joy?
Quest. 6. What shall we do to obtain this Spiritual Ioy?
Resp. Walk accurately and heavenly; God gives it after a long and close walking with him.
1. Observe your hours; set time every day apart for God.
2. Mourn for Sin: Mourning is the Seed (as Basil saith) out of which the Flower of Spiritual Joy Grows, Isa. 57.18▪ I'll restore Comfort to my Mourners.
3. Keep the Book of Conscience fair written; do not, by Presumptuous Sins, blur your Evidences: A good Conscience is the Ark where God puts the hidden Manna.