A Body of Practical Divinity

Name: A Body of Practical Divinity
Author: Thomas Watson

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 ...

Thomas Watson d. 1686London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692

[5], iv, 300, 331-544, 801-880, 965-1007, [7] p. · 512k words · Wing W1109 · ESTC R32148

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Use I. Inform. First Branch. It justifies God in condemning Sinners at the last Day. Sinners deserve Wrath, and it is no Injustice to give them that which they deserve. If a Malefactor deserves Death, the Judge doth him no wrong in condemning him.

Vse I. Inform. First Branch. It justifies God in condemning Sinners at the last Day. Sinners deserve Wrath, and it is no Injustice to give them that which they deserve. If a Malefactor deserves Death, the Judge doth him no wrong in condemning him.

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2d. Br. See what a great Evil Sin is, which exposeth a Person to God's Wrath for ever. ^*You may know the Lion by his Paw: And you may know what an evil thing sin is by the Wrath and Curse it brings. When you see a Man drawn upon an Hurdle to Execution, you conclude he is guilty of some Capital Crime that brings such a Punishment. When a Man lies under the Torrid Zone of God's Wrath, and roars out in Flames, then say, How horrid an Evil is Sin! They who now see no Evil in Swearing, or Sabbath-breaking, they will see it look black in the Glass of Hell-Torments.

*Ex uguve Leonem.Ex uguue Leonem.

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3d. Br. See here an Hand-writing upon the Wall; here is that which may check a Sinners Mirth. He is now brisk and frolic, he chants to the sound of the Viol, and invents Instruments of Music. Amos 6.5. He drinks stolen Waters, and saith they are sweet. Oh! but let him remember that the Wrath and Curse of God hang over him, which will shortly (without Repentance) be executed on him. Dionysius thought, as he sat at Table, he saw a naked Sword hang over his Head. The Sword of God's Justice hangs over a Sinner; and when the slender Thread of Life is cut asunder, the Sword falls upon him. Rejoice, O young Man, in thy Youth, and let thy Heart cheer thee in the Days of thy Youth,

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