A65285:1789
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.
4. For Preparation: To fit and prepare the Saints for Glory, 2 Cor. 4.17. Those stones which are cut out for a Building are first hewen and squared: The Godly are called, [Greek or Hebrew], living stones, 1 Pet. 2.5. And God doth first hew and polish them by Affliction, that they may be fit for the heavenly Building: The House of Bondage prepares for the House not made with Hands, 2 Cor. 5.1. The Vessels of Mercy are seasoned with Affliction, and then the Wine of Glory is poured in.
4. For Preparation: To fit and prepare the Saints for Glory, 2 Cor. 4.17. Those stones which are cut out for a Building are first hewen and squared: The Godly are called, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, living stones, 1 Pet. 2.5. And God doth first hew and polish them by Affliction, that they may be fit for the heavenly Building: The House of Bondage prepares for the House not made with Hands, 2 Cor. 5.1. The Vessels of Mercy are seasoned with Affliction, and then the Wine of Glory is poured in.
Quest. 2. How the Afflictions of the Godly differ from the Afflictions of the Wicked?
Resp. 1. These are but, [Greek or Hebrew], Castigations, those on the Wicked are, [Greek or Hebrew], Punishments; these come from a Father, those from a Judge.