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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Of the Covenant of Grace.

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Resp. 1. It is called a Covenant of Peace, Ezek. 37.26. because it Seals up Reconciliation between God and humble Sinners. Before this Covenant there was nothing but Enmity; God did not love us. A Creature that offends cannot be loved by an holy God; and we did not love him; a God that condemns, cannot be loved by a guilty Creature: so that there was War on both sides. But God hath found out a way in the new Covenant to reconcile differing Parties, so that it is fitly called a Covenant of Peace.

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2. It is called a Covenant of Grace, and well it may; for 1. it was with Grace, that when we had forfeited the first Covenant, God should enter into a new Covenant, after we had cast away our selves. The Covenant of Grace is Tabula post naufragium, as a Plank after shipwreck. O the Free-grace of God, that he should parley with Sinners, and set his Wisdom and Mercy awork to bring Rebels into the Bond of the Covenant.

2. It is called a Covenant of Grace, and well it may; for 1. it was with Grace, that when we had forfeited the first Covenant, God should enter into a new Covenant, after we had cast away our selves. The Covenant of Grace is Tabula post naufragium, as a Plank after shipwrack. O the Free-grace of God, that he should parly with Sinners, and set his Wisdom and Mercy awork to bring Rebels into the Bond of the Covenant.

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2. It is a Covenant of Grace, because it is a Royal Charter, all made up of Terms of Grace; That God will cast our sins behind his back; that he will love us freely, Hos. 14.4. that he will give us a will to accept of the Mercy of the Covenant, and strength to perform the Conditions of the Covenant,

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