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

Title page typeset from the transcription.

GOD is a SPIRIT.

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Resp. God is a Spirit. 2. The Thing expressed. Joh. 4.24. God is a Spirit. God is essentia spiritualissima, Zanchy.

Resp. God is a Spirit. 2. The Thing expressed. Ioh. 4.24. God is a Spirit. God is essentia spiritualissima, Zanchy.

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Quest. What do you mean when you say God is a Spirit?

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Resp. By Spirit, I mean, God is an Immaterial Substance, of a pure, subtle, unmixed Essence, not compounded of Body and Soul, without all Extension of Parts. The Body is a dreggish Thing; The more Spiritual God's Essence is, the more Noble and Excellent. The Spirits are the more refined part of the Wine.

Resp. By Spirit, I mean, God is an Immaterial Substance, of a pure, subtil, unmixed Essence, not compounded of Body and Soul, without all Extension of Parts. The Body is a dreggish Thing; The more Spiritual God's Essence is, the more Noble and Excellent. The Spirits are the more refined part of the Wine.

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