A65285:1785
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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Quest. 1. Why God lets his People be in the House of Bondage, in an afflicted State?
Resp. He doth it: 1. For Probation for Trial, Deut. 8.16. Who led thee through that terrible Wilderness that he might humble thee and prove thee. Affliction is the Touch-stone of Sincerity, Psal. 66.10, 11. Thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us as Silver: Thou laidest Affliction upon our Loins. Hypocrites may embrace the true Religion in Prosperity, and court this Queen while she hath a Jewel hung at her Ear: But he is the good Christian, who will keep close to God in a time of Suffering. Psal. 44.17. All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee: To love God in Heaven is no wonder, but to love God when he chastiseth us, this discovers Sincerity.
Resp. He doth it: 1. For Probation for Trial, Deut. 8.16. Who led thee through that terrible Wilderness that he might humble thee and prove thee. Affliction is the Touch-stone of Sincerity, Psal. 66.10, 11. Thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us as Silver: Thou laidest Affliction upon our Loyns. Hypocrites may imbrace the true Religion in Prosperity, and court this Queen while she hath a Jewel hung at her Ear: But he is the good Christian, who will keep close to God in a time of Suffering. Psal. 44.17. All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee: To love God in Heaven is no wonder, but to love God when he chastiseth us, this discovers Sincerity.