A65285:2002
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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3. God shows Mercy to us in preventing many Evils from invading us, Psal. 3.3. Thou O Lord art a Shield for me. God hath restrained the Wrath of Men, and been a Screen between us and Danger. When the Destroying Angel hath been abroad, and shot his deadly Arrow of Pestilence, God hath kept off the Arrow that it hath not come near us.
3. God shews Mercy to us in preventing many Evils from invading us, Psal. 3.3. Thou O Lord art a Shield for me. God hath restrained the Wrath of Men, and been a Screen between us and Danger. When the Destroying Angel hath been abroad, and shot his deadly Arrow of Pestilence, God hath kept off the Arrow that it hath not come near us.
4. God shows Mercy in delivering us, 2 Tim. 4.17. And I was delivered out of the Mouth of the Lion, viz. Nero. God hath restored us from the Grave. May we not write the Writing of Hezekiah, Isa. 38 9. when he had been sick, and was recovered of his Sickness? When we thought the Sun of our Life had been setting, God hath made it return to its former Brightness.
4. God shews Mercy in delivering us, 2 Tim. 4.17. And I was delivered out of the Mouth of the Lion, viz. Nero. God hath restored us from the Grave. May we not write the Writing of Hezekiah, Isa. 38 9. when he had been sick, and was recovered of his Sickness? When we thought the Sun of our Life had been setting, God hath made it return to its former Brightness.