A Body of Practical Divinity

Name: A Body of Practical Divinity
Author: Thomas Watson

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 ...

Thomas Watson d. 1686London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692

[5], iv, 300, 331-544, 801-880, 965-1007, [7] p. · 512k words · Wing W1109 · ESTC R32148

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But One GOD.

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Quest. V. THE fifth Question is, Are there more Gods then one?

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Answ. There is but one, only the living and true God.

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That there is a God hath been proved, and those that will not believe the Verity of his Essence, shall feel the Severity of his Wrath, Deut. 6.4. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is One Lord. He is the only God, Deut. 4.39. Know therefore this day, and consider it in thy heart, that the Lord he is God in Heaven above, and upon the Earth beneath there is none else. Isa. 45.21. A just God and a Saviour, There is none beside me. There are many titular Gods; Kings represent God; ⟨p. 60⟩their Regal Sceptre is an Emblem of his Power and Authority. Judges are called Gods, Psal. 82.5

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But One GOD.