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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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7. Reduce your Hearing to Practice: Live the Sermons your hear. Psal. 119.166. I have done thy Commandments. Rachel was not content that she was Beautiful, but her Desire was to be Fruitful. What is a knowing Head without a fruitful Heart? Phil. 1.11. Filled with the Fruits of Righteousness. It is Obedience crowns Hearing. That Hearing will never save the Soul, which doth not reform the Life.
7. Reduce your Hearing to Practice: Live the Sermons your hear. Psal. 119.166. I have done thy Commandments. Rachel was not content that she was Beautiful, but her Desire was to be Fruitful. What is a knowing Head without a fruitful Heart? Phil. 1.11. Fill'd with the Fruits of Righteousness. It is Obedience crowns Hearing. That Hearing will never save the Soul, which doth not reform the Life.
8. Beg of God that he will accompany his Word with his Presence and Blessing. The Spirit must make all effectual. Ministers may prescribe Physic, but it is God's Spirit must make it work. Cathedram habet in Coelo qui corda docet in terra. Aug. He hath his Pulpit in Heaven that converts Souls. Acts 10.44. While Peter was speaking, the Holy Ghost fell upon all them that heard. It is said the Alchemist can draw Oil out of Iron. God's Spirit can produce Grace in the most obdurate Heart.
8. Beg of God that he will accompany his Word with his Presence and Blessing. The Spirit must make all effectual. Ministers may prescribe Physick, but it is God's Spirit must make it work. Cathedram habet in Coelo qui corda docet in terra. Aug. He hath his Pulpit in Heaven that converts Souls.