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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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Of the Holiness of GOD.
THE next Attribute is God's Holiness, Exod. 15.11. Glorious in holiness, Nedar Bakkodesh] Holiness is the most sparkling Jewel of his Crown, it's the Name by which God is known, Psal. 111.9. Holy and reverend is his name. He is the holy one, Job 6.10. Seraphims cry, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory, Isa. 6.3. His Power makes him Mighty, his Holiness makes him Glorious: God's Holiness consists in his perfect loving of Righteousness, and abhorrency of Evil, Hab. 1.13. Of purer eyes then to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity.
1st, God is holy intrinsically: 1. He is holy in his Nature; his very Being is made up of Holiness, as Light is of the Essence of the Sun. 2. He his holy in his Word; the Word bears a Stamp of his Holiness upon it, as the Wax bears an Impression of the Seal, Psal. 119, 140. Thy word is very pure; it is compared to Silver refined seven times, Psal. 12.6. Every Line of the Word breaths Sanctity; it encourageth nothing but Holiness. 3. God is holy in his Operations, all God doth is holy: He cannot act but like himself; he can no more do an Unrighteous Action, then the Sun can darken,