A65285:1690
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.
3. Love is the only Grace that shall live with us in Heaven. In Heaven we shall need no Repentance, because we have no Sin; no Faith, because we shall see God Face to Face. But Love to God shall abide for ever. Love [Greek or Hebrew] never faileth, 1 Cor. 13.8. How should we nourish this Grace which shall outlive all the Graces, and run parallel with Eternity!
3. Love is the only Grace that shall live with us in Heaven. In Heaven we shall need no Repentance, because we have no Sin; no Faith, because we shall see God Face to Face. But Love to God shall abide for ever. Love 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 never faileth, 1 Cor. 13.8. How should we nourish this Grace which shall outlive all the Graces, and run parallel with Eternity!
4. Our Love to God is a sign of his Love to us, 1 John 4.19. We love him, because he first loved us. By Nature we are [Greek or Hebrew], we have no Love to God, we have Hearts of Stone, Ezek. 36.1. And how can any love be in Hearts of Stone! Our Loving God is from his Loving us. If the Glass burn, it is because the Sun hath shined on it, else it could not burn: If our Hearts burn in Love, 'tis a sign the Sun of Righteousness hath shined upon us.
4. Our Love to God is a sign of his Love to us, 1 Iohn 4.19. We love him, because he first loved us. By Nature we are 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, we have no Love to God, we have Hearts of Stone,