A Body of Practical Divinity

Name: A Body of Practical Divinity
Author: Thomas Watson

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 ...

Thomas Watson d. 1686London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692

[5], iv, 300, 331-544, 801-880, 965-1007, [7] p. · 512k words · Wing W1109 · ESTC R32148

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Of Obedience to God's Revealed Will.

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2. There is nothing lost by Obedience. To obey Gods Will is the way to have our Will. 1. Would we have a Blessing in our Estates? Let us obey, Deut. 28.1, 3. If thou shalt hearken to the Voice of the Lord, to do all his Commandments, Blessed shalt thou be in the field; Blessed shall be thy Basket and thy store. To obey is the best way to thrive in our Estates. 2. Would we have a Blessing in our Souls, let us obey, Jer. 7.23. Obey and I will be your God. My Spirit shall be your Guide, Sanctifier and Comforter, Heb. 5.9. Christ became the Author of eternal Salvation to all them that obey him. While we please God we pleasure our selves: While we give him the Duty, he gives us the Dowry: We are apt to say as Amaziah, 2 Chron. 25.9. What shall we do for the hundred Talents? You see you lose nothing by obeying: The obedient Son hath the Inheritance settled on him: Obey and you shall have a Kingdom, Luke 12.32. It is your Fathers good pleasure to give you a Kingdom.

2. There is nothing lost by Obedience. To obey Gods Will is the way to have our Will. 1. Would we have a Blessing in our Estates? Let us obey, Deut. 28.1, 3. If thou shalt hearken to the Voice of the Lord, to do all his Commandments, Blessed shalt thou be in the field; Blessed shall be thy Basket and thy store. To obey is the best way to thrive in our Estates. 2. Would we have a Blessing in our Souls, let us obey, Ier. 7.23. Obey and I will be your God. My Spirit shall be your Guide, Sanctifier and Comforter, Heb. 5.9. Christ became the Author of eternal Salvation to all them that obey him. While we please God we pleasure our selves: While we give him the Duty, he gives us the Dowry: We are apt to say as Amaziah,

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