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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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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.
5. God shows Mercy in restraining of us from Sin: Lusts within, are worse than Lions without. The greatest sign of Gods Anger, is to give Men up to their Sins, Psal. 81.12. So I gave them up to their own Hearts Lusts; let them Sin themselves to Hell. But God hath laid the Bridle of restraining Grace upon us: As God said to Abimelech, Gen. 20.6. I withheld thee from sinning against me. So God withheld us from those Exorbitancies which might have made us a Prey to Satan, and a Terror to our Selves.
5. God shews Mercy in restraining of us from Sin: Lusts within, are worse than Lions without. The greatest sign of Gods Anger, is to give Men up to their Sins,