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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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Fourthly, Herein we resemble God, to be doing Good to others. 'Tis our Excellency to be like God. Godliness is God-likeness. And wherein are we more like him than in Acts of Bounty and Munificence? Psal. 119.68. Thou art good, and dost good. Thou art good, there is God's Essential Goodness; and dost good, there is his Communicative Goodness. The more helpful we are to others, the more like we are to God. We cannot be like God in Omniscience, or in working Miracles, but we may be like him in doing Works of Mercy.
Fourthly, Herein we resemble God, to be doing Good to others. 'Tis our Excellency to be like God. Godliness is God-likeness. And wherein are we more like him than in Acts of Bounty and Munificence? Psal. 119.68. Thou art good, and dost good. Thou art good, there is God's Essential Goodness; and dost good, there is his Communicative Goodness. The more helpful we are to others, the more like we are to God. We cannot be like God in Omnisciency, or in working Miracles, but we may be like him in doing Works of Mercy.
Fifthly, God remembers all our Deeds of Charity, and takes them kindly at our Hands. Heb. 6.10. God is not unrighteous to forget your labour of Love which ye have showed towards his Name, in that ye have ministered to the Saints. The Chief Butler may forget Joseph's Kindness, but the Lord will not forget any kindness we ⟨p. 367⟩show to his People. Mat. 25.35. I was an hungered and ye gave me Meat, Thirsty and ye gave me Drink. Christ takes the kindness done to his Saints as done to himself. God that hath a Bottle for your Tears, hath a Book to write down your Alms.