A65285:1482
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.
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.
2. To me to live is Christ, i. e. Christ is the end of my Life; I live not to my self, but to Christ. So Grotius and Causabon, Christo Servio, To me to live is Christ; all my Living is is to do Service to Christ, Rom. 14.8. Whether we live we live unto the Lord. When we lay out our selves wholly for Christ; as the Factor trades for the Merchant, so we Trade for Christs Interest, we propagate his Gospel; the design of our Life is to exalt Christ, and make the Crown upon his Head to flourish. Now it may be said, to us to live is Christ, our whole Life is a Living to Christ.