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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. The Soul of Man: This is the Man of the Man. Man, in regard of his Soul, partakes with the Angels; nay, as Plato saith, the Understanding, Will, and Conscience are a Glass that resemble the Trinity. The Soul is the Diamond in the Ring, [Greek or Hebrew], the Soul is a Vessel of Honour; God himself is served in this Vessel. It is a Sparkle of Celestial Brightness, saith Damascene. If David did so admire the rare Contexture and Workmanship of his Body, Psal. 139.13. I am wonderfully made, I was curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the Earth. If the Cabinet be so curiously wrought, what is the Jewel? How richly is the Soul embroidered! Thus you see how glorious a Work the Creation is, and Man especially, who is the Epitome of the World.
2. The Soul of Man: This is the Man of the Man. Man, in regard of his Soul, partakes with the Angels; nay, as Plato saith, the Understanding, Will, and Conscience are a Glass that resemble the Trinity. The Soul is the Diamond in the Ring, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the Soul is a Vessel of Honour; God himself is serv'd in this Vessel. It is a Sparkle of Coelestial Brightness, saith Damascene. If David did so admire the rare Contexture and Workmanship of his Body, Psal. 139.13. I am wonderfully made, I was curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the Earth. If the Cabinet be so curiously wrought, what is the Jewel? How richly is the Soul embroidered! Thus you see how glorious a Work the Creation is, and Man especially, who is the Epitome of the World.
Quest. But why did God make the World?