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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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6. What need we have to grow in Grace. There is still something lacking in our Faith; 1 Thes. 3.10. Grace is but in its Infancy and Minority, and we must be still adding a Cubit to our Spiritual Stature; the Apostles said Lord increase our Faith, Luke 17.5. Grace is but weak, 2 Sam. 3.39. I am this Day weak tho anointed King. So though we are anointed with Grace, yet we are but weak, and had need arrive at further degrees of Sanctity.
6. What need we have to grow in Grace. There is still something lacking in our Faith; 1 Thes. 3.10. Grace is but in its Infancy and Minority, and we must be still adding a Cubit to our Spiritual Stature; the Apostles said Lord encrease our Faith, Luke 17.5. Grace is but weak, 2 Sam. 3.39. I am this Day weak tho anointed King. So though we are anointed with Grace, yet we are but weak, and had need arrive at further degrees of Sanctity.
7. The growth of Grace will hinder the growth of Corruption: The more Health grows, the more the Distempers of Body abate: So it is in Spirituals; the more Humility grows, the more the Swelling of Pride is assuaged; the more Purity of Heart grows, the more the Fire of Lust is abated. The growth of Flowers in the Garden doth not hinder the growing of Weeds; but the growing of this Flower of Grace, hinders the sprouting of Corruption. As some Plants have an Antipathy, and will not thrive if they grow near together, as the Vine and the Bay-tree, so where Grace grows, Sin will not thrive so fast.