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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.
Man's Chief End TO GLORIFY GOD.Man's Chief End TO GLORIFIE GOD.
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. Because God hath made all things for his own Glory, Prov. 16.4. The Lord hath made all things for himself; that is, for his Glory. As a King hath Excise out of Commodities, God will have his Glory out of every thing; he will have Glory out of the Wicked, the Glory of his Justice; they will not give him Glory, but he will get his Glory upon them, Exod. 14.17. I will get me honour upon Pharaoh. But especially he hath made the Godly for his Glory, they are the living Organs of his Praise, Isa. 43.21. This people have I formed for myself, and they shall show forth my praise. It is true they cannot add to his Glory, but they may exalt it; they cannot raise him in Heaven, but they may raise him in the Esteem of others. God hath adopted the Saints into his Family, and made them a Royal Priesthood that they should show forth the Praises of him who hath called them, 1 Pet. 2.9.
2. Because God hath made all things for his own Glory, Prov. 16.4. The Lord hath made all things for himself; that is, for his Glory. As a King hath Excise out of Commodities, God will have his Glory out of every thing; he will have Glory out of the Wicked, the Glory of his Justice; they will not give him Glory, but he will get his Glory upon them, Exod. 14.17. I will get me honour upon Pharoah. But especially he hath made the Godly for his Glory, they are the living Organs of his Praise, Isa. 43.21. This people have I formed for myself, and they shall shew forth my praise. It is true they cannot add to his Glory, but they may exalt it; they cannot raise him in Heaven, but they may raise him in the Esteem of others. God hath adopted the Saints into his Family, and made them a Royal Priesthood that they should shew forth the Praises of him who hath called them, 1 Pet. 2.9.