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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. The Covenant of Works being broken by Sin, Man's Condition was very deplorable and desperate. He was left in himself helpless; there was no place for Repentance: the Justice of God being offended, sets all the other Attributes against Mankind When Adam lost his Righteousness, he lost his Anchor of Hope, and his Crown: there was no way for Man's relief, unless God would find out such a way that neither Man nor Angels could devise.
4. The Covenant of Works being broken by Sin, Man's Condition was very deplorable and desperate. He was left in himself helpless; there was no place for Repentance: the Justice of God being offended, sets all the other Attributes against Mandkind When Adam lost his Righteousness, he lost his Anchor of Hope, and his Crown: there was no way for Man's relief, unless God would find out such a way that neither Man nor Angels could devise.
Use 1. See the Condescension of God, who was pleased to stoop so low, as to make a Covenant with us. For the God of Glory to make a Covenant with Dust and Ashes; for God to bind himself to us, to give us Life in case of Obedience: Entering into Covenant was a sign of God's Friendship with us, and a Royal Act of his Favour.
Use 1. See the Condescension of God, who was pleased to stoop so low, as to make a Covenant with us. For the God of Glory to make a Covenant with Dust and Ashes; for God to bind himself to us, to give us Life in case of Obedience: Entring into Covenant was a sign of God's Friendship with us, and a Royal Act of his Favour.
2. See what a glorious Condition Man was in, when God entered into Covenant with him: 1. He was placed in the Garden of God, which for the pleasure of it, was called Paradise,