A65285:2759
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
7. & ult. When we read the Holy Scriptures, let us look up to God for a Blessing. Beg the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation, that we may see the [Greek or Hebrew], the deep things of God, Eph. 1.17. Pray to God, that the same Spirit that wrote the Scripture, would enable us to understand it. Pray that God will give us that [Greek or Hebrew], 2 Cor. 2.14. That Savour of Knowledge, that we may relish a Sweetness in the Word we read. David tasted it sweeter than the Honey-comb, Psal. 19.10. Let us pray that God will not only give us his Word as a Rule of Holiness, but his Grace as a Principle of Holiness.
7. & ult. When we read the Holy Scriptutes, let us look up to God for a Blessing. Beg the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation, that we may see the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the deep things of God, Eph. 1.17. Pray to God, that the same Spirit that wrote the Scripture, would enable us to understand it. Pray that God will give us that 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, 2 Cor. 2.14. That Savour of Knowledge, that we may relish a Sweetness in the Word we read. David tasted it sweeter than the Honey-comb, Psal. 19.10. Let us pray that God will not only give us his Word as a Rule of Holiness, but his Grace as a Principle of Holiness.
2d. Branch of the 2d. Question. How may we so hear the Word, that it may be effectual and saving to our Souls?