A65285:2214
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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1. It is God that speaks to us in his Word; therefore the Preaching of the Word is called the Breath of his Lips, Isa. 11.4. And Christ is said now to speak to us from Heaven, Heb. 12.25. as a King speaks in his Ambassador. Ministers are but as the Pipes and Organs, it is the Spirit of the Living God breathes in them: When we come to the Word, we should think thus with our selves, God speaks in this Preacher. The Thessalonians heard the Word Paul Preached, as if God himself had spoken to them, 1 Thess. 2.13. When ye received the Word of God, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the Word of Men, but (as it is in truth) the Word of God. When Samuel knew it was the Lord that spake to him, he lent his Ear, 1 Sam. 3.10. If we do not regard God when he speaks to us, he will not regard us when we pray to him.
1. It is God that speaks to us in his Word; therefore the Preaching of the Word is called the Breath of his Lips, Isa. 11.4. And Christ is said now to speak to us from Heaven, Heb. 12.25. as a King speaks in his Ambassador. Ministers are but as the Pipes and Organs, it is the Spirit of the Living God breathes in them: When we come to the Word, we should think thus with our selves, God speaks in this Preacher. The Thessalonians heard the Word Paul Preached, as if God himself had spoken to them, 1 Thess. 2.13. When ye received the Word of God, which ye heard of us, ye receiv'd it not as the Word of Men, but (as it is in truth) the Word of God. When Samuel knew it was the Lord that spake to him, he lent his Ear, 1 Sam. 3.10. If we do not regard God when he speaks to us, he will not regard us when we pray to him.