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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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God is, 1. Essentially good in himself. And, 2. Relative good to us. They are both put together, Psal. 119.68. Thou art good, and dost good. This Relative goodness is nothing else but his Mercy, which is an innate Propenseness in God to pity and succour such as are in Misery. Concerning God's Mercy,
God is, 1. Essentially good in himself. And, 2. Relative good to us. They are both put together, Psal. 119.68. Thou art good, and dost good. This Relative goodness is nothing else but his Mercy, which is an innate Propensness in God to pity and succour such as are in Misery. Concerning God's Mercy,
1st, I shall lay down these Twelve Positions: 1. It is the great Design of the Scripture to represent God as Merciful. This is a Lodestone to draw Sinners to him, Exod. 34.6. The Lord merciful, gracious, long-suffering, abundant in goodness, &c. Here are six Expressions to set forth God's Mercy, and but one to set forth his Justice; who will by no means clear the Guilty. Psal. 57.10. God's mercy is great above the heavens. Psal. 108.4. God is represented as a King, and a Rain-bow was about his Throne, Rev. 4.2, 3. The Rain-bow was an Emblem of Mercy. The Scripture doth oftener represent God in his white Robes of Mercy, then with his Garments rolled in Blood; oftener with his Golden Sceptre then his Iron Rod.
1st, I shall lay down these Twelve Positions: 1. It is the great Design of the Scripture to represent God as Merciful. This is a Loadstone to draw Sinners to him,