A65285:1677
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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6. Our Love to God must be constant, like the Fire the vestal Virgins kept in Rome, which did not go out. Love must be like the motion of the Pulse, it beats as long as there is Life, Cant. 8.7. Many Waters cannot quench Love, not the Waters of Persecution, Eph. 3.17. [Greek or Hebrew], rooted in love. A Branch withers that doth not grow on a Root: That Love may not dye, it must be well rooted.
6. Our Love to God must be constant, like the Fire the vestal Virgins kept in Rome, which did not go out. Love must be like the motion of the Pulse, it beats as long as there is Life, Cant. 8.7. Many Waters cannot quench Love, not the Waters of Persecution, Eph. 3.17. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, rooted in love. A Branch withers that doth not grow on a Root: That Love may not dye, it must be well rooted.
Quest. 5. What are the visible Signs of our Love to God?
Resp. 1. If we love God, then our Desire is after him, Isa. 26.8. The desire of our Soul is to thy Name. He who loves God breaths after Communion with him, Psal. 42.2. My Soul thirsts for the living God. Persons in Love desire to be oft conferring together: He who loves God desires to be much in his Presence: He loves the Ordinances, they are the Glass where the Glory of God is resplendent: In the Ordinances we meet with him whom our Soul loves: We have Gods Smiles and Whispers, and some Fore-tastes of Heaven: Such as have no desire after Ordinances, have no love to God.