A65285:2209
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.
Resp. 1. Pray and watch against them.
2. Let the Sense of God's Omniscient Eye over-awe our Hearts. The Servant will not sport in his Masters Presence.
2. Let the Sence of God's Omniscient Eye over-awe our Hearts. The Servant will not sport in his Masters Presence.
3. Labour for an Holy Frame of Heart. Were the Heart more Spiritual, the Mind would be less Feathery.
4. Bring more Love to the Word. That which we love we fix our Minds upon. He that loves his Pleasures and Recreations, his Mind is fixed on them, and he can follow them without Distraction. Were our Love more set upon the Word Preached, our Minds would be more fixed upon it. And surely, there is enough to make us love the Word Preached, for it is the Word of Life—the Inlet to Knowledge, the Antidote against Sin, the Quickener of Holy Affections: It is the True Manna, which hath all sorts of sweet Tastes in it. It is the Pool of Bethesda, in which the Rivers of Life spring forth to heal the broken in Heart. It is a Sovereign Elixir or Cordial to revive the sorrowful Spirit. Get Love to the Word Preached, and you will not be so distracted in hearing. What the Heart delights in, the Thoughts dwell upon.