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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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8. Holiness leads to Heaven: Holiness is the King of Heaven's High-way, Isa. 35.8. An high-way shall be there, and it shall be called the way of holiness. At Rome there was the Temple of Virtue and Honour, and they were to go through the Temple of Virtue to the Temple of Honour: So we must go through the Temple of Holiness to the Temple of Heaven. Glory begins in Virtue, 2 Pet. 1.3. Who hath called us to glory and virtue? Happiness is nothing else but the Quintessence of Holiness. Holiness is Glory militant, and Happiness Holiness triumphant.
8. Holiness leads to Heaven: Holiness is the King of Heaven's High-way, Isa. 35.8. An high-way shall be there, and it shall be called the way of holiness. At Rome there was the Temple of Vertue and Honour, and they were to go through the Temple of Vertue to the Temple of Honour: So we must go through the Temple of Holiness to the Temple of Heaven. Glory begins in Vertue, 2 Pet. 1.3. Who hath called us to glory and vertue? Happiness is nothing else but the Quintessence of Holiness. Holiness is Glory militant, and Happiness Holiness triumphant.
Quest. What shall we do to resemble God in Holiness?
Resp. Have recourse to Christ's Blood by Faith; it is Lavacrum animae, Legal Purifications, Types and Emblems of it, 1 Joh. 1.7. The Word is a Glass to show us our Spots, and Christ's Blood is a Fountain to wash them away.