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 the Commandments.

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3. If God spake all these Words of the Moral Law, then we must remember them. Sure all God speaks is worth remembering; those Words are weighty which concern Salvation, Deut. 32.47. It is not a vain thing for you, because it is your Life. Our Memory should be like the Chest in the Ark where the Law was kept: Gods Oracles are Ornaments, and shall we forget them, Jer. 2.32. Can a Maid forget her Ornaments?

3. If God spake all these Words of the Moral Law, then we must remember them. Sure all God speaks is worth remembring; those Words are weighty which concern Salvation, Deut. 32.47. It is not a vain thing for you, because it is your Life. Our Memory should be like the Chest in the Ark where the Law was kept: Gods Oracles are Ornaments, and shall we forget them, Ier. 2.32. Can a Maid forget her Ornaments?

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4. If God spake all these Words, then believe them. See the Name of God written upon every Commandment. The Heathens that they might gain Credit to their Laws, reported that they were inspired by the Gods at Rome. The Moral Law fetcheth its Pedigree from Heaven, ipse dixit, God spake all these Words. Shall we not give credit to the God of Heaven? How would the Angel confirm the Women in the Resurrection of Christ, Mat. 28.7. Lo (saith he,) I have told you; I speak in the Word of an Angel. Much more should the Moral Law be believed, when it comes to us in the Word of a God. God spake all these Words. Unbelief enervates the Virtue of God's Word, and makes it prove Abortive, Heb. 4.2. The Word did not profit, not being mixed with Faith. Eve gave more credit to the Devil when he spake, than she did to God.

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Of the Commandments.