A65285:394
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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Position 6. Even the Worst taste of God's Mercy, such as fight against God's Mercy taste of it: The Wicked have some Crumbs from Mercy's Table; The Lord is good to all, Psal. 145.•. The sweet Dew drops on the Thistle as well as the Rose. The Diocese where Mercy visits is very large. Pharaoh's Head was crowned, though his Heart was hardened.
Position 6. Even the Worst tast of God's Mercy, such as fight against God's Mercy tast of it: The Wicked have some Crumbs from Mercy's Table; The Lord is good to all, Psal. 145.•. The sweet Dew drops on the Thistle as well as the Rose. The Diocess where Mercy visits is very large. Pharaoh's Head was crown'd, though his Heart was hardned.
Position 7. Mercy coming to us in a Covenant is sweetest: It was Mercy that God would give Israel Rain, and Bread to the full, and Peace, and Victory over their Enemies, Levit. 26.4, 5, 6. But it was a greater Mercy, that God would be their God, Verse 12. To have Health is a Mercy, but to have Christ and Salvation is a greater Mercy; this is like the Diamond in the Ring, it casts a more sparkling Lustre.
Position 7. Mercy coming to us in a Covenant is sweetest: It was Mercy that God would give Israel Rain, and Bread to the full, and Peace, and Victory over their Enemies, Levit. 26.4, 5, 6. But it was a greater Mercy, that God would be their God, Verse 12. To have Health is a Mercy, but to have Christ and Salvation is a greater Mercy; this is like the Diamond in the Ring, it casts a more sparkling Luster.