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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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Resp. Therefore, when it is said the Soul is a Spirit, it is meant, God hath made it intelligible, and hath stamped upon it his Likeness, not his Essence.
Quest. But is it not said, That we are made Partakers of the Divine Nature?
Resp. By Divine Nature there, is meant Divine Qualities, 2 Pet. 1.4. We are made Partakers of the Divine Nature, not by Identity or Union with the Divine Essence, but by a transformation into the Divine Likeness. Thus you see how God differs from other Spirits, Angels, and Souls of Men. He is a Spirit of transcendent Excellency, the Father of Spirits.
Object. Against this Vorstius and the Anthropomorphites object, That in Scripture an Humane Shape and Figure is given to God; he is said to have Eyes and Hands?
Object. Against this Vorstius and the Anthropomorthites object, That in Scripture an Humane Shape and Figure is given to God; he is said to have Eyes and Hands?