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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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4. The fourth Slight or Cheat of Seducers is by preaching Doctrines of Liberty: As the Antinomian preacheth, That Men are freed from the Moral Law, the Rule as well as the Curse. He preacheth that Christ hath done all for them, and they need do nothing. So he makes the Doctrine of Free-grace a Key to open the Door to all Licentiousness.
5. Another thing to unsettle Christians, is Persecutors, 2 Tim. 3.12. The Gospel is a Rose cannot be plucked without Prickles. The Legacy Christ hath bequeathed is the CROSS. While there is a Devil and a wicked Man in the World, never expect a Charter of Exemption from Trouble; And how many fall away in an Hour of Persecution? Rev. 12.3, 4. There appeared a great red dragon, having seven heads, and ten horns; and his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven: The Red Dragon, the Heathenish Empire, and his Tail, viz. his Power and Subtlety drew away Stars, viz. Eminent Professors that seemed to shine as Stars in the Firmament of the Church. Therefore we see what need there is to be settled in the Truth, for fear the Tail of the Dragon cast us to the Earth.
5. Another thing to unsettle Christians, is Persecutors, 2 Tim. 3.12. The Gospel is a Rose cannot be pluck'd without Prickles. The Legacy Christ hath bequeath'd is the CROSS. While there is a Devil and a wicked Man in the World, never expect a Charter of Exemption from Trouble; And how many fall away in an Hour of Persecution? Rev. 12.3, 4. There appeared a great red dragon, having seven heads, and ten horns; and his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven: The Red Dragon, the Heathenish Empire, and his Tail, viz. his Power and Subtilty drew away Stars, viz. Eminent Professors that seemed to shine as Stars in the Firmament of the Church. Therefore we see what need there is to be setled in the Truth, for fear the Tail of the Dragon cast us to the Earth.