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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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Second, The second Proposition is, That the way for Christians to be settled, is to be well grounded: If ye continue grounded and settled; the Greek word [Greek or Hebrew], grounded, a Metaphor, it alludes to a building that hath the Foundation well laid; so Christians should be grounded in the Essential Points of Religion, and have their Foundation well laid.
Second, The second Proposition is, That the way for Christians to be setled, is to be well grounded: If ye continue grounded and setled; the Greek word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, grounded, a Metaphor, it alludes to a building that hath the Foundation well laid; so Christians should be grounded in the Essential Points of Religion, and have their Foundation well laid.
Here let me speak to two things: 1. That we should be grounded in the Knowledge of Fundamentals. 2. That this grounding is the best way to Settling.
Here let me speak to two things: 1. That we should be grounded in the Knowledge of Fundamentals. 2. That this grounding is the best way to Setling.
1. That we should be grounded in the Knowledge of Fundamentals: The Apostle speaks of the first Principles of the Oracles of God, Heb. 5.12. In all Arts and Sciences, Logic, Physic, Mathematics, there are some Praecognita, some Rules and Principles that must necessarily be known to the Practise of those Arts. So in Divinity there must be the first Principles laid down. The Knowledge of the Grounds and Principles of Religion is exceeding useful: