A65285:1757
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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3. God is bonum se•ectum, Choice Good; all things sub sole, are but ba•• s•abelli, as Austin, the Blessings of the Footstool; but to have God himself to be ours, is the Blessing of the Throne. Abraham gave gifts to the Sons of the Concubines, but he settled the […] •5.5. Abraham gave all that he had ⟨p. 256⟩to Isaac. God may send away the Men of the World with Gifts, a little Gold and Silver, but in giving us himself, he gives us the very quintessence, his Grace, his Love, his Kingdom. Here is the Crowning Blessing.
3. God is bonum se•ectum, Choice Good; all things sub sole, are but ba•• s•abelli, as Austin, the Blessings of the Footstool; but to have God himself to be ours, is the Blessing of the Throne. Abraham gave gifts to the Sons of the Co••ubines, but he setled the 〈…〉 •5.5. Abraham gave all that he had ⟨p. 256⟩to Isaac. God may send away the Men of the World with Gifts, a little Gold and Silver, but in giving us himself, he gives us the very quintessence, his Grace, his Love, his Kingdom. Here is the Crowning Blessing.
4. God is Bonum summum, the chief Good. In the chief Good, there must be First Delectability, it must have something that is delicious and sweet: And where can we suck those pure quintessential Comforts which ravish us with Delight, but in God? In Deo quadam dulcedine delectatur anima, imo rapitur; At Gods Right Hand are Pleasures,