A65285:2317
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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Use I. If we are to Honour our Fathers on Earth, then much more our Father in Heaven. Mal. 1.6. If then I am a Father, where is my Honour? A Father is but the Instrument of conveying Life, but God is the Original Cause of our Being. Psal. 100.3. For it is he that hath made us, and not we our selves. Honour and Adoration is a Pearl belongs only to the Crown of Heaven. And,
Vse I. If we are to Honour our Fathers on Earth, then much more our Father in Heaven. Mal. 1.6. If then I am a Father, where is my Honour? A Father is but the Instrument of conveying Life, but God is the Original Cause of our Being. Psal. 100.3. For it is he that hath made us, and not we our selves. Honour and Adoration is a Pearl belongs only to the Crown of Heaven. And,
1. We show Honour to our Heavenly Father by obeying him. Thus Christ honoured his Father. John 6.38. I came down from Heaven, not to do my own Will, but the Will of him that sent me. This he calls honouring of God. John 8.29. I do always those things which please him. Ver. 49. I honour my Father. The Wise Men did not only bow the Knee to Christ, but presented him with Gold and Myrrh, Mat. 2.8. So we must not only bow the Knee, give God Adoration, but bring Presents, give him Golden Obedience.
1. We show Honour to our Heavenly Father by obeying him. Thus Christ honoured his Father.