A65285:1390
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Growth of GRACE.
2 Pet. 3.18. But grow in Grace.
Fruit 4. Growth of Grace.] True Grace is progressive, of a spreading growing Nature; 'tis with Grace as with the Light, first there is the Crepusculum or day-break; then it shines brighter to the full Meridian: A good Christian is like the Crocodil, Quam diu vivit, crescit, he hath never done growing. The Saints are not only compared to Stars for their light, but Trees for their growth, Isa. 61.3. Hos. 14.5. A good Christian is not like Hezekiah's Sun that went backward, nor Joshua's Sun that stood still, but is always advancing in Holiness, and increasing with the Increase of God, Col. 2.19. Now to amplify and illustrate this,
Fruit 4. GRowth of Grace.] True Grace is progressive, of a spreading growing Nature; 'tis with Grace as with the Light, first there is the Crepusculum or day-break; then it shines brighter to the full Meridian: A good Christian is like the Crocodil, Quam diu vivit, crescit, he hath never done growing. The Saints are not only compared to Stars for their light, but Trees for their growth, Isa. 61.3. Hos. 14.5. A good Christian is not like Hezekiah's Sun that went backward, nor Ioshua's Sun that stood still, but is always advancing in Holiness, and increasing with the Increase of God,