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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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2dly, God is holy primarily: He is the Original and Pattern of Holiness; Holiness began at him who is the Ancient of Days.
3dly, God is holy efficiently: He is the Cause of all that Holiness in others, Jam. 1.17. Every good and perfect gift comes from above. He made the Angels holy; he infused all that Holiness into Christ's Humane Nature: All the Holiness we have is but a Chrystal Stream from this Fountain. We borrow all our Holiness from God, as the Lights of the Sanctuary were lighted from the middle Lamp; so all the Holiness of others is a Lamp lighted from Heaven. Lev. 20.8. I am the Lord which sanctify you: God is not only a Pattern of Holiness, but he is a Principle of Holiness. His Spring feeds all our Cisterns; he drops his holy Oil of Grace upon us.
3dly, God is holy efficiently: He is the Cause of all that Holiness in others, Iam. 1.17. Every good and perfect gift comes from above. He made the Angels holy; he infus'd all that Holiness into Christ's Humane Nature: All the Holiness we have is but a Chrystal Stream from this Fountain. We borrow all our Holiness from God, as the Lights of the Sanctuary were lighted from the middle Lamp; so all the Holiness of others is a Lamp lighted from Heaven. Lev. 20.8. I am the Lord which sanctifie you: God is not only a Pattern of Holiness, but he is a Principle of Holiness. His Spring feeds all our Cisterns; he drops his holy Oyl of Grace upon us.