A65285:1969
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.
1. I The Lord thy God, am a jealous God.] The first reason why Israel must not worship graven Images, is because the Lord is a jealous God, Exod. 34.14 The Lord whose name is Jehovah is a jealous God. Jealousy is taken in a good sense, and so God is jealous for his People. 2. In a bad Sense, and so God is jealous of his People.
1. I The Lord thy God, am a jealous God.] The first reason why Israel must not worship graven Images, is because the Lord is a jealous God, Exod. 34.14 The Lord whose name is Jehovah is a jealous God. Jealousie is taken in a good sense, and so God is jealous for his People. 2. In a bad Sense, and so God is jealous of his People.
1. In a good Sense, and so God is jealous for his People, Zech. 1.14. Thus saith the Lord, I am jealous for Jerusalem, and for Zion, with a great jealousy. God hath a dear Affection to his People, they are his Hephsibah or Delight, Isa. 62.4. The Apple of his Eye, Zech. 2.8. To express how dear they are to him, and how tender he is of them, Nihil charius pupilla oculi, Drusius. They are his Spouse, adorned with the Jewels of Grace: They lye near to his Heart. He is jealous for his Spouse, therefore will be avenged on them who go to wrong her, Isa. 42.13. The Lord shall stir up jealousy like a man of war; he shall roar, he shall prevail against his enemies. What is done to the Saints, God takes as done to himself, 2 Kings 19.22. and the Lord will undo all them that afflict Zion,