A65285:1930
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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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.
Use 2. It sounds a Retreat in our Ears; let it call us off from the Idolizing any Creature, and renouncing other Gods: Let us cleave to the true God, and his Service: If we go away from God, we know not where to mend our selves.
1. It is honourable serving of the true God: Servire Deo est regnare: It is more Honour to serve God, than to have Kings serve us. 2. Serving the true God is Delightful, Isa. 56.7. I will make them joyful in my House of Prayer. God oft displays the Banner of his Love in an Ordinance, and pours in the Oil of Gladness into the Heart. All Gods Ways are Pleasantness, his Paths are strewed with Roses, Prov. 3.17. 3. Serving the true God is beneficial; they have great Veils here, the hidden Manna, inward Peace, and a great Reward to come. They that serve God, shall have a Kingdom when they dye, Luke 12.32. and shall wear a Crown made of the Flowers of Paradise, 1 Pet. 5.4. To serve the true God is our true Interest. God hath twisted his Glory and our Salvation together. He bids us believe; and why? That we may be saved. Therefore renouncing all others, let us cleave to the true God.
1. It is honourable serving of the true God: Servire Deo est regnare: It is more Honour to serve God, than to have Kings serve us. 2. Serving the true God is Delightful, Isa. 56.7. I will make them joyful in my House of Prayer. God oft displays the Banner of his Love in an Ordinance, and pours in the Oyl of Gladness into the Heart. All Gods Ways are Pleasantness, his Paths are strowed with Roses, Prov. 3.17. 3. Serving the true God is beneficial; they have great Vails here, the hidden Manna, inward Peace, and a great Reward to come. They that serve God, shall have a Kingdom when they dye,