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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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5. Conform to Scripture. Let us lead Scripture Lives: O that the Bible might be seen printed in our Lives! Do what the Word commands. Obedience is an excellent way of Commenting upon the Bible. Psal. 86.11. I will walk in thy Truth. Let the Word be the Sun-Dial by which you set your Life. What are we the better for having the Scripture, if we do not direct all our Speeches and Actions according to it? What is a Carpenter the better to have his Rule about him, if he sticks it at his back, and never makes use of it for the measuring and squaring his work? So what are we the better for the Rule of the Word, if we do not make use of it, and regulate our Lives by it? How many swerve and deviate from the Rule. The Word teacheth to be sober and temperate, but they are drunk; to be chaste and holy, but they are profane; they go quite from the Rule. The Scriptures are Canonical, but their Lives are Apocryphal: What a dishonour is this to Religion, for Men to live in a Contradiction to Scripture? The Word is called a Light to our feet, Psal. 119.105. It is not only a Light to our Eyes to mend our sight, but to our Feet to mend our walk. O let us lead Bible Conversations!
5. Conform to Scripture. Let us lead Scripture Lives: O that the Bible might be seen printed in our Lives! Do what the Word commands. Obedience is an excellent way of Commenting upon the Bible. Psal. 86.11. I will walk in thy Truth. Let the Word be the Sun-Dial by which you set your Life. What are we the better for having the Scripture, if we do not direct all our Speeches and Actions according to it? What is a Carpenter the better to have his Rule about him, if he sticks it at his back, and never makes use of it for the measuring and squaring his work? So what are we the better for the Rule of the Word, if we do not make use of it, and regulate our Lives by it? How many swerve and deviate from the Rule. The Word teacheth to be sober and temperate, but they are drunk; to be chast and holy, but they are prophane; they go quite from the Rule. The Scriptures are Canonical, but their Lives are Apocryphal: What a dishonour is this to Religion, for Men to live in a Contradiction to Scripture? The Word is called a Light to our feet,