A65285:1728
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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Use 3. God is described by his relative goodness, Eloeka, Thy God: Had God only called himself Jehovah, it might have terrified us and made us fly from him; but when he saith, Thy God, this may allure and draw us to him: This, though a Preface to Law, is pure Gospel. This word Eloeka, Thy God, is so sweet, that we can never suck out all the Honey in it. I am thy God, not only by Creation, but by Election. This word Thy God, though it was spoken to Israel, yet it is a Charter belongs to all the Saints: For the further Explication, here are three Questions.
Use 3. God is described by his relative goodness, Eloeka, Thy God: Had God only called himself Iehovah, it might have terrified us and made us fly from him; but when he saith, Thy God, this may allure and draw us to him: This, though a Preface to Law, is pure Gospel. This word Eloeka, Thy God, is so sweet, that we can never suck out all the Hony in it. I am thy God, not only by Creation, but by Election. This word Thy God, though it was spoken to Israel, yet it is a Charter belongs to all the Saints: For the further Explication, here are three Questions.
Quest. 1. How God comes to be our God?
Resp. Through Jesus Christ: Christ is a middle Person in the Trinity: He is Emanuel, God with us: He brings two differing Parties together: He makes our Nature lovely to God, and Gods Nature lovely to us: He by his Death causeth Friendship, yea, Union: He brings us within the Verge of the Covenant, and so God becomes our God.