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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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2. It is the great Design God carries on in the World, to make a People like himself in Holiness: What are all the Showers of the Ordinances for, but to rain down Righteousness upon us, and make us Holy? What are the Promises for, but to encourage Holiness? What is the sending of the Spirit into the World for, but to anoint us with the Holy Unction, 1 Joh. 2.20. What are all Afflictions for, but to make us Partakers of God's Holiness, Heb. 12.10▪ What are Mercies for, but Lodestones to draw us to Holiness? What is the end of Christ's dying, but that his Blood might wash away our Unholiness, Tit. 2.14. Who gave himself for us, to purify unto himself a peculiar People. So that if we are not holy, we cross God's great Design in the World.
2. It is the great Design God carries on in the World, to make a People like himself in Holiness: What are all the Showers of the Ordinances for, but to rain down Righteousness upon us, and make us Holy? What are the Promises for, but to encourage Holiness? What is the sending of the Spirit into the World for, but to anoint us with the Holy Unction, 1 Ioh. 2.20. What are all Afflictions for, but to make us Partakers of God's Holiness, Heb. 12.10▪ What are Mercies for, but Loadstones to draw us to Holiness? What is the end of Christ's dying, but that his Bloud might wash away our Unholiness, Tit. 2.14. Who gave himself for us, to purifie unto himself a peculiar People. So that if we are not holy, we cross God's great Design in the World.