A65285:2750
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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Answ. That we may so read the Word, that it may conduce effectually to our Salvation:
1. Let us have a Reverend Esteem of every part of Canonical Scripture. Psal. 19.10. More are they to be desired than Gold. Value this Book of God above all other Books. It is a Golden Epistle, indited by the Holy Ghost, sent to us from Heaven, more particularly to raise our Esteem, 1. The Scripture is a Spiritual Glass to dress our Souls by; it shows us more than we can see by the Light of a Natural Conscience; that may discover gross Sins, but the Glass of the Word shows us Heart-Sins, Vain Thoughts, Unbelief, &c. And it not only shows us our Spots, but washeth them away. 2. The Scripture is a Sacred Magazine, out of which we may fetch our Spiritual Artillery to fight against Satan. When the Devil tempted our Saviour, he fetched Armour and Weapons from Scripture, It is written, Matth. 4.4, 7. 3. The Holy Scripture is a Panacea, or Universal Medicine for the Soul, it gives a Receipt to cure Deadness of Heart, Psal. 119.50. Pride, 1 Pet. 5.5. Infidelity, John 3.36. It is a Physic-Garden, where we may gather any Herb or Antidote to expel the Poison of sin. The Leaves of Scripture, like the Leaves of the Tree of Life, are for the healing of the Nations, Rev. 22.2. And may not this cause a reverend Esteem of the Word?
1. Let us have a Reverend Esteem of every part of Canonical Scripture. Psal. 19.10. More are they to be desired than Gold. Value this Book of God above all other Books. It is a Golden Epistle, endited by the Holy Ghost, sent to us from Heaven, more particularly to raise our Esteem, 1. The Scripture is a Spiritual Glass to dress our Souls by; it shows us more than we can see by the Light of a Natural Conscience; that may discover gross Sins, but the Glass of the Word shws us Heart-Sins, Vain Thoughts, Unbelief, &c. And it not only shows us our Spots, but washeth them away. 2. The Scripture is a Sacred Magazine, out of which we may fetch our Spiritual Artillery to fight against Satan. When the Devil tempted our Saviour, he fetch'd Armour and Weapons from Scripture, It is written,