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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Quest. Must we be like God in Holiness, wherein doth our Holiness consist?
Resp. In two things, 1st, In our Suitableness to God's Nature. 2dly, Our Subjection to his Will:
1. Our Holiness stands in our Suitableness to the Nature of God: Hence the Saints are said to partake of the Divine Nature, 2 Pet. 1.4. which is not a partaking of his Essence, but his Image. Herein is the Saints Holiness, when they are the lively Pictures of God: they bear the Image of God's Meekness, Mercifulness, Heavenliness; they are of the same Judgment with God, of the same Disposition, they love what he loves, and hate what he hates.
2. Our Holiness consists in our Subjection to the Will of God: As God's Nature is the Pattern of Holiness, so his Will is the Rule of Holiness. This is our Holiness, 1. When we do his Will, Acts 13.22. 2. When we bear his Will, Mich. 7.9