A65285:1823
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. How may it be known that a Deliverance comes in Love?
Resp. 1. When a Deliverance makes our Heart boil over in love to God, Psal. 116.1. I love the Lord because he hath heard my Voice. It is one thing to love our Mercies, another thing to love the Lord: Then a Deliverance is in Love, when it causeth Love.
2. Then a Deliverance is in Love, when we have Hearts to improve it for Gods Glory: The Wicked, instead of improving their Deliverances for Gods Glory, improve their Corruptions; they grow worse after, as the Metal when it is taken out of the Fire grows harder: But then our Deliverance is in Love, when we improve it for Gods Glory: God raiseth us out of a low Condition, and we lift him up in our Praises, and honour him with our Substance, Prov. 3.9. He recovers us from Sickness, and we spend our selves in his Service. Mercy is not as the Sun to the Fire, to dull it and put it out; but as Oil to the Wheel to make it move faster.
2. Then a Deliverance is in Love, when we have Hearts to improve it for Gods Glory: The Wicked, instead of improving their Deliverances for Gods Glory, improve their Corruptions; they grow worse after, as the Metal when it is taken out of the Fire grows harder: But then our Deliverance is in Love, when we improve it for Gods Glory: God raiseth us out of a low Condition, and we lift him up in our Praises, and honour him with our Substance, Prov. 3.9. He recovers us from Sickness, and we spend our selves in his Service. Mercy is not as the Sun to the Fire, to dull it and put it out; but as Oyl to the Wheel to make it move faster.