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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1. Gods Children may sometimes be under sore Afflictions, In domo servitutis, in the House of Bondage: Gods People have no Writ of Ease granted them, no Charter of Exemption from Trouble in this Life: While the Wicked are kept in Sugar, the Godly are oft kept in Brine: And indeed, how could Gods power be seen in bringing them out of trouble, if he did not sometimes bring them in? Or how should God wipe away the Tears from their Eyes in Heaven, if on Earth they shed none? Doubtless God sees there is need that his Children should be sometimes in the House of Bondage, 1 Pet. 1.6. [Greek or Hebrew], If need be, ye are in heaviness: The Body sometimes doth more need a bitter Potion than a Julep.

1. Gods Children may sometimes be under sore Afflictions, In domo servitutis, in the House of Bondage: Gods People have no Writ of Ease granted them, no Charter of Exemption from Trouble in this Life: While the Wicked are kept in Sugar, the Godly are oft kept in Brine: And indeed, how could Gods power be seen in bringing them out of trouble, if he did not sometimes bring them in? Or how should God wipe away the Tears from their Eyes in Heaven, if on Earth they shed none? Doubtless God sees there is need that his Children should be sometimes in the House of Bondage, 1 Pet. 1.6. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, If need be, ye are in heaviness: The Body sometimes doth more need a bitter Potion than a Julip.

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Quest. 1. Why God lets his People be in the House of Bondage, in an afflicted State?

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Resp. He doth it: 1. For Probation for Trial,

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