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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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4. Did God make this glorious World, did he make every thing good, was there in the Creature so much beauty and sweetness? Oh! then what sweetness is there in God? Quicquid efficit tale, illud est magis tale, the Cause is always more noble than the Effect. Think with your selves, is there so much excellence in House and Lands, then how much more is there in God that made these? Is there beauty in a Rose? what beauty then is there in Christ the Rose of Sharon? Doth Oil make the face shine? Psal. 104.15. How will the Light of God's Countenance make it shine? Doth Wine cheer the heart? O what Virtue is in the true Vine! How doth the Blood of this Grape cheer the Heart? Is the fruit of the Garden sweet? how delicious are the Fruits of the Spirit? Is a Gold Mine so precious? how precious is he who founded this Mine? What is Christ in whom are hid all Treasures? Coloss. 2.3. We should ascend from the Creature to the Creator. If there be any Comfort here below, how much more is there in God, who made all these things? How unreasonable is it that we should delight in the World, and not much more in him that made it? How should our Hearts be set on God, and how should we long to be with God, who hath infinitely more sweetness in him than any Creature?
4. Did God make this glorious World, did he make every thing good, was there in the Creature so much beauty and sweetness? Oh! then what sweetness is there in God? Quicquid efficit tale, illud est magis tale, the Cause is always more noble than the Effect. Think with your selves, is there so much excellence in House and Lands, then how much more is there in God that made these? Is there beauty in a Rose? what beauty then is there in Christ the Rose of Sharon? Doth Oil make the face shine? Psal. 104.15. How will the Light of God's Countenance make it shine? Doth Wine chear the heart? O what Virtue is in the true Vine! How doth the Blood of this Grape chear the Heart? Is the fruit of the Garden sweet? how delicious are the Fruits of the Spirit? Is a Gold Mine so precious? how precious is he who founded this Mine? What is Christ in whom are hid all Treasures? Coloss. 2.3. We should ascend from the Creature to the Creator. If there be any Comfort here below, how much more is there in God, who made all these things? How unreasonable is it that we should delight in the World, and not much more in him that made it? How should our Hearts be set on God, and how should we long to be with God, who hath infinitely more sweetness in him than any Creature?