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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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2. If there be but one God, then there can be but One true Religion in the World, Eph. 4.5. [Greek or Hebrew], one Lord, one Faith. If there were many Gods, then there might be many Religions, every God would be worshipped in his way; but if there be but one God, there is but one Religion; one Lord, one Faith. Some say we may be saved in any Religion; 'tis absurd to imagine, that God, who is one in Essence, should appoint several Religions in which he will be worshipped. 'Tis as dangerous to set up a false Religion, as to set up a false God. There are many ways to Hell; Men may go thither which way their Fancy leads them; but there is but one direct Road to Heaven, viz. Faith and Holiness. There is no way to be saved in but this: as there is but one God, so there is but one True Religion.
2. If there be but one God, then there can be but One true Religion in the World, Eph. 4.5. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, one Lord, one Faith. If there were many Gods, then there might be many Religions, every God would be worshipped in his way; but if there be but one God, there is but one Religion; one Lord, one Faith. Some say we may be saved in any Religion; 'tis absurd to imagine, that God, who is one in Essence, should appoint several Religions in which he will be worshipped. 'Tis as dangerous to set up a false Religion, as to set up a false God. There are many ways to Hell; Men may go thither which way their Fancy leads them; but there is but one direct Road to Heaven, viz. Faith and Holiness. There is no way to be saved in but this: as there is but one God, so there is but one True Religion.
3. If there be but one God, then you have but One that you need chiefly study to please, and that is God. If there were divers Gods, we should be hard put to it how to please them all; one would command one thing, another the quite contrary, and to please two contrary Masters is impossible: but there is but one God, therefore you have but one to please. As in a Kingdom there is but one King, therefore every one seeks to ingratiate himself into his favour,