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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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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. The Soul is Excellent in its Nature. It is a Spiritual Being, 'tis a kind of Angelical thing:1 The Mind sparkles with Knowledge, the Will is crowned with Liberty, and all the Affections are as Stars shining in their Orb. The Soul being Spiritual, (1.) Is of quick Operation. How quick is the Motion of a Spark! How swift is the Wing of a Cherubim! So quick and agile is the Motion of the Soul! What is quicker than a Thought? How many Miles can the Soul travel in an Instant! (2.) The Soul being Spiritual, moves upward, it contemplates God and Glory. Psal. 73.25. Whom have I in Heaven but thee? The Motion of the Soul is upward; only Sin hath put a wrong Bias upon the Soul, and made it move too much down-ward. (3.) The Soul being Spiritual, is [Greek or Hebrew], it hath a self-moving Power, it can subsist and move when the Body is dead, as the Mariner can subsist when the Ship is broken. (4.) The Soul being Spiritual, is Immortal. Scaliger. Aeternitatis Gemma, a Bud of Eternity.
1. The Soul is Excellent in its Nature. It is a Spiritual Being, 'tis a kind of Angelical thing:1 The Mind sparkles with Knowledge, the Will is crown'd with Liberty, and all the Affections are as Stars shining in their Orb. The Soul being Spiritual, (1.) Is of quick Operation. How quick is the Motion of a Spark! How swift is the Wing of a Cherubim! So quick and agil is the Motion of the Soul! What is quicker than a Thought? How many Miles can the Soul travel in an Instant! (2.) The Soul being Spiritual, moves upward, it contemplates God and Glory. Psal. 73.25. Whom have I in Heaven but thee? The Motion of the Soul is upward; only Sin hath put a wrong Byass upon the Soul, and made it move too much down-ward. (3.) The Soul being Spiritual, is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, it hath a self-moving Power, it can subsist and move when the Body is dead, as the Mariner can subsist when the Ship is broken. (4.) The Soul being Spiritual, is Immortal. Scaliger. Aeternitatis Gemma, a Bud of Eternity.