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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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Answ. Though God can do all things, he cannot do that which stains the glory of his Godhead: he cannot sin; he cannot do that which implies a Contradiction. To be a God of Truth, and yet deny himself, is a Contradiction.
Use 1. If God be so infinite in Power, Fear this great God. We are apt to fear such as are in power; Jer. 5.22. Fear ye not me, saith the Lord? will ye not tremble at my presence? He hath power to cast our Souls and Bodies into Hell; Psal. 90.11. Who knows the power of his wrath? God can with the same Breath that made us, dissolve us; his Eyes are as a flame of fire; the Rocks are thrown down by him, Nah. 1.6. Solomon saith, Where the word of a King is, there is power, Eccles 8.4. much more where the word of a God is. O let us fear this mighty God! The fear of God would drive out all other base Fear.
Use 1. If God be so infinite in Power, Fear this great God. We are apt to fear such as are in power; Ier. 5.22. Fear ye not me, saith the Lord? will ye not tremble at my presence? He hath power to cast our Souls and Bodies into Hell; Psal. 90.11. Who knows the power of his wrath? God can with the same Breath that made us, dissolve us; his Eyes are as a flame of fire; the Rocks are thrown down by him, Nah. 1.6. Solomon saith, Where the word of a King is, there is power, Eccles 8.4. much more where the word of a God is. O let us fear this mighty God! The fear of God would drive out all other base Fear.