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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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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, 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 oftner represent God in his white Robes of Mercy, then with his Garments rolled in Bloud; oftner with his Golden Scepter then his Iron Rod.