A65285:2164
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. That Christ who was God should die; That this Glorious Sun of Righteousness should be in an Eclipse, we can never enough admire this Love; no, not in Heaven.
2. That Christ should die for Sinners. Not sinful Angels, but sinful Mankind. That such Clods of Earth and Sin should be made bright Stars of Glory. O the amazing Love of Christ! This was *Illustre amoris Christi mnemosynum.
- *Brugensis.
3. That Christ should not only die for Sinners, but die as a Sinner. 2 Cor. 5.21. He was made sin for us. He who was among the Glorious Persons of the Trinity, was numbered among Transgressors, Isa. 53.12. Not that he had Sin, but he was like a Sinner, having our Sins imputed to him. Sin did not live in him, but it was laid upon him. Here was an Hyperbole of Love, enough to strike us into Astonishment.
3. That Christ should not only die for Sinners, but die as a Sinner. 2 Cor. 5.21. He was made sin for us. He who was among the Glorious Persons of the Trinity, was numbred among Transgressors, Isa. 53.12