A65285:1481
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.
First. To me to live is Christ; [Greek or Hebrew]. We must understand Paul of a Spiritual Life. To me to live is Christ, i. e. Christ is my Life; so Greg. Nyssen. Or thus, my Life is made up of Christ. As a Wicked Mans Life is made up of Sin; So Paul's Life was made up of Christ; he was full of Christ. But that I may give you the Sense of the Te•• more fully, take it in these Three particulars; 1. Christ is the principle of my Life. 2. Christ is the end of my Life. 3. Christ is the Joy of my Life.
First. To me to live is Christ; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. We must understand Paul of a Spiritual Life. To me to live is Christ, i. e. Christ is my Life; so Greg. Nyssen. Or thus, my Life is made up of Christ. As a Wicked Mans Life is made up of Sin; So Paul's Life was made up of Christ; he was full of Christ. But that I may give you the Sense of the Te•• more fully, take it in these Three particulars; 1. Christ is the principle of my Life. 2. Christ is the end of my Life. 3. Christ is the Joy of my Life.
1. To me to live is Christ, i. e. Christ is the Principle of my Life. I fetch my Spiritual Life from Christ, as the Branch fetcheth its Sap from the Root, Gal. 2.20. Christ liveth in me. Jesus Christ is an Head of Influence, he sends forth Life and Spirits into me to quicken me to every Holy Action. Thus, To me to live is Christ. Christ is the principle of my Life, from his Fullness I live, as the Vine-branch lives from the Root.
1. To me to live is Christ, i. e. Christ is the Principle of my Life. I fetch my Spiritual Life from Christ, as the Branch fetcheth its Sap from the Root, Gal. 2.20. Christ liveth in me. Jesus Christ is an Head of Influence, he sends forth Life and Spirits into me to quicken me to every Holy Action. Thus, To me to live is Christ. Christ is the principle of my Life, from his Fulness I live, as the Vine-branch lives from the Root.