A65285:1742
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.
1. If God be our God, then though we may feel the stroke of Evil, yet not the sting. He must needs be happy, who is [Greek or Hebrew], in such a Condition, that nothing can hurt him: If he lose his Name it is written in the Book of Life: If he lose his Liberty, his Conscience is free: If he lose his Estate, he is possessed of the Pearl of Price: If he meets with Storms, he knows where to put in for Harbour. God is his God, and Heaven is his Haven.
1. If God be our God, then though we may feel the stroke of Evil, yet not the sting. He must needs be happy, who is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, in such a Condition, that nothing can hurt him: If he lose his Name it is written in the Book of Life: If he lose his Liberty, his Conscience is free: If he lose his Estate, he is possessed of the Pearl of Price: If he meets with Storms, he knows where to put in for Harbour. God is his God, and Heaven is his Haven.
2. If God be our God, then our Soul is safe: The Soul is the Jewel, it is a Blossom of Eternity, Dan. 7.15. I was grieved in the midst of my Body. In the Chaldee it is, In the midst of my Sheath. The Body is but the Sheath; the Soul is the Princely part of Man, which sways the Sceptre of Reason: It is a Celestial Spark, as Damascene calls it: If God be our God, the Soul is safe as in a Garrison. Death can do no more hurt to a virtuous Heaven-born Soul, than David did to Saul, when he cut off the lap of his Garment: The Soul is safe, being hid in the Promises; hid in the Wounds of Christ; hid in Gods Decree: The Soul is the Pearl, and Heaven is the Cabinet where God will lock it up safe.
2. If God be our God, then our Soul is safe: The Soul is the Jewel, it is a Blossom of Eternity, Dan. 7.15. I was grieved in the midst of my Body. In the Chaldee it is, In the midst of my Sheath. The Body is but the Sheath; the Soul is the Princely part of Man, which sways the Scepter of Reason: It is a Celestial Spark, as Damascen calls it: If God be our God, the Soul is safe as in a Garison. Death can do no more hurt to a vertuous Heaven-born Soul, than David did to Saul, when he cut off the lap of his Garment: The Soul is safe, being hid in the Promises; hid in the Wounds of Christ; hid in Gods Decree: The Soul is the Pearl, and Heaven is the Cabinet where God will lock it up safe.