A65285:1664
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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Resp. The Sum of the Ten Commandments, is to love the Lord our God, with all our Heart, with all our Soul, with all our Strength, and with all our Mind, and our Neighbour as our selves, Deut. 6.5. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy Heart, and with all thy Soul, and with all thy might. The Duty called for is Love, yea the strength of Love, with all thy Heart: God will lose none of our Love. Love is the Soul of Religion, and that which goes to the right constituting a Christian: Love is the Queen of the Graces; it shines and sparkles in Gods Eye, as the precious Stones did on the Breast-plate of Aaron.
Resp. The Summ of the Ten Commandements, is to love the Lord our God, with all our Heart, with all our Soul, with all our Strength, and with all our Mind, and our Neighbour as our selves, Deut. 6.5. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy Heart, and with all thy Soul, and with all thy might. The Duty call'd for is Love, yea the strength of Love, with all thy Heart: God will lose none of our Love. Love is the Soul of Religion, and that which goes to the right constituting a Christian: Love is the Queen of the Graces; it shines and sparkles in Gods Eye, as the precious Stones did on the Breast-plate of Aaron.
Quest. 1. What is Love?
Resp. It is an Holy Fire kindled in the Affections, whereby a Christian is carried out strongly after God as the Supreme Good.