A65285:1397
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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Resp. 1. The right manner of growth, is to grow less in ones own Eyes, Psal. 22.6. I am a worm and no Man. The sight of Corruption and Ignorance makes a Christian grow into a dislike of himself, he doth vanish in his own Eyes: Job abhorred himself in the Dust, cap. 42.6. This is good, to grow out of conceit of ones self.
Resp. 1. The right manner of growth, is to grow less in ones own Eyes, Psal. 22.6. I am a worm and no Man. The sight of Corruption and Ignorance makes a Christian grow into a dislike of himself, he doth vanish in his own Eyes: Iob abhor'd himself in the Dust, cap. 42.6. This is good, to grow out of conceit of ones self.
2. The right manner of growth is to grow proportionably, when a Christian grows in one Grace as well as another, 2 Pet. 1.5. to grow in Knowledge but not in Meekness, brotherly Love, good Works, this is not the right growth; a thing may swell and not grow; a Man may be swelled with Knowledge, yet have no spiritual Growth; the right manner of growth is uniform, growing in one Grace as well as another. As the Beauty of the Body is when there is a Symmetry of Parts, not only the Head grows, but the Arm and Breast; so spiritual Growth is most Beautiful; when there is a Symmetry and Proportion, every Grace thrives.
2. The right manner of growth is to grow proportionably, when a Christian grows in one Grace as well as another, 2 Pet. 1.5. to grow in Knowledge but not in Meekness, brotherly Love, good Works, this is not the right growth; a thing may swell and not grow; a Man may be swell'd with Knowledge, yet have no spiritual Growth; the right manner of growth is uniform, growing in one Grace as well as another. As the Beauty of the Body is when there is a Symmetry of Parts, not only the Head grows, but the Arm and Breast; so spiritual Growth is most Beautiful; when there is a Symmmetry and Proportion, every Grace thrives.