A65285:2061
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.
2. There is that in the Law-giver, as may make us willing to obey the Commandments, viz. Gods Indulgence to us.
1. God doth not require the Summum jus, as absolutely necessary to Salvation. He expects not perfect Obedience, only requires Sincerity. Do but act from a Principle of Love, and aim at Honouring God in your Obedience, and it is accepted.
2. In the times of the Gospel a Surety is admitted. The Law would not favour us so far, but now God doth so indulge us, that what we cannot do of our selves, we may do by Proxy. Jesus Christ is a Surety of a better Testament, Heb. 7.22. We fall short in every thing, but God looks upon us in our Surety, and Christ having fulfilled all Righteousness, it is as if we had fulfilled the Law in our own Persons.
2. In the times of the Gospel a Surety is admitted. The Law would not favour us so far, but now God doth so indulge us, that what we cannot do of our selves, we may do by Proxy. Iesus Christ is a Surety of a better Testament, Heb. 7.22. We fall short in every thing, but God looks upon us in our Surety, and Christ having fulfilled all Righteousness, it is as if we had fulfilled the Law in our own Persons.