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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The Covenant of Works.

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Quest. But why did God give Adam this Law, seeing God did foresee that Adam would transgress?

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Resp. 1. It was Adam's fault he did not keep the Law; God gave him a stock of Grace to trade with, but he of himself broke. 2. Though God foresaw Adam would transgress, yet that was not a sufficient reason that Adam should have no Law given him: for by the same reason, God should not have given his written Word to Men, to be a Rule of Faith and Manners, because he foresaw that some would not believe, and others would be profane. Shall not Laws be made in the Land because some break them? 3. God, though he foresaw Adam would break the Law, he knew how to turn it to a greater good, in sending Christ. The first Covenant being broken, he knew how to establish a second, and a better. Well, concerning the First Covenant, consider these four Things.

Resp. 1. It was Adam's fault he did not keep the Law; God gave him a stock of Grace to trade with, but he of himself broke. 2. Though God foresaw Adam would transgress, yet that was not a sufficient reason that Adam should have no Law given him: for by the same reason, God should not have given his written Word to Men, to be a Rule of Faith and Manners, because he foresaw that some would not believe, and others would be prophane. Shall not Laws be made in the Land because some break them? 3. God, though he foresaw Adam would break the Law, he knew how to turn it to a greater good, in sending Christ. The first Covenant being broken, he knew how to establish a second, and a better. Well, concerning the First Covenant, consider these four Things.

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1. The Form of the first Covenant in Innocency, was working; Do this and live. Working was the Ground and Condition of our Justification, Gal. 3.12

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