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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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Use 4. of Exhortation: Get an Interest in this Unchangeable God, then thou art as a Rock in the Sea, immovable in midst of all Changes.
Quest. How shall I get a part in this Unchangeable God?
Resp. By having a Change wrought in thee, 1 Cor. 6.11. But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified. When we are changed, A tenebris ad lucem, so changed as if another Soul did live in the same Body, by this Change we are interested in the Unchangeable God.
Resp. By having a Change wrought in thee, 1 Cor. 6.11. But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified. When we are changed, A tenebris ad lucem, so chang'd as if another Soul did live in the same Body, by this Change we are interested in the Unchangeable God.
Trust to this God only who is Unchangeable, Isa. 2.22. Cease from man, leave trusting to the reed, but trust to the rock of ages. He that is by Faith in garrisoned in God, is safe in all Changes; he is like a Boat that is tied to an immovable Rock. He that trusts in God, trusts in that which cannot fail him, he is Unchangeable,