A65285:1393
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.
Quest. 1. How many ways may a Christian be said to grow in Grace?
Resp. 1. He grows Vigour, in the Exercise of Grace; his Lamps are burning and shining; therefore we read of a lively hope, 1 Pet. 1.3. here is the Activity of Grace; the Church prays for the blowing of the Spirit, that her Spices might flow forth, Cant. 4.16.
Resp. 1. He grows Vigore, in the Exercise of Grace; his Lamps are burning and shining; therefore we read of a lively hope, 1 Pet. 1.3. here is the Activity of Grace; the Church prays for the blowing of the Spirit, that her Spices might flow forth, Cant. 4.16.
2. A Christian grows Gradu, in the degree of Grace; he goes from strength to strength, Psal. 84.7. viz. from one degree of Grace to another. A Saint goes [Greek or Hebrew], from Faith to Faith, Rom. 1.17. and his Love abounds [Greek or Hebrew], more and more, Phil. 1.9. here is growing in the degree.
2. A Christian grows Gradu, in the degree of Grace; he goes from strength to strength,