A65285:2693
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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Quest. But how comes Faith to be so precious?
Ans. Not as it is a more holy Quality, or as if it had more Worthiness than other Graces, but respectu Objecti, As it lays hold on Christ the blessed Object, and fetcheth in his Fullness, 1John 9.16. Faith in it self considered, is but manus mendica, The Beggar's Hand: But as this Hand receives the rich Alms of Christ's Merits, so it is precious, and doth Challenge a Superiority over the rest of the Graces.
Ans. Not as it is a more holy Quality, or as if it had more Worthiness than other Graces, but respectu Objecti, As it lays hold on Christ the blessed Object, and fetcheth in his Fulness, 1Iohn 9.16. Faith in it self consider'd, is but manus mendica, The Beggar's Hand: But as this Hand receives the rich Alms of Christ's Merits, so it is precious, and doth Challenge a Superiority over the rest of the Graces.
- 1Luther.
Use I. 1st. Br. Of all Sins beware of the Rock of Unbelief. Heb. 3.12. Take heed lest there be in any of you an evil Heart of Unbelief. Men think as long as they are not Drunkards or Swearers, it is no great matter to be Unbelievers. This is the Gospel-sin, it dies your other Sins in Grain.