A65285:2063
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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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.
3. God gives strength to do what he requires. The Law called for Obedience, but though it required Brick it gave no Straw. But in the Gospel, God with his Commands gives power, Ezek. 18.31. Make ye a new Heart. Alas it is above our strength, we may as well make a new World, Ezek. 36.26. I will give you a new Heart. God commands us to cleanse our selves, Isa. 1.16. Wash ye, make you clean. But who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Job 14.4. Therefore the Precept is turned into a Promise, Ezek. 36.25. From all your filthiness will I cleanse you. When the Child cannot go, the Nurse takes it by the Hand,