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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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Resp. 1. It is out of Indulgence, Favour, and Respect to us. A Tyrant will not enter into a Covenant with Slaves, he will not show them such Respect. God's entering into Covenant with us to be our God, is a Dignity he puts upon us. A Covenant is Insigne honoris, a Note of Distinction between God's People and Heathens, Ezek. 16.22. I will establish my Covenant with thee. When the Lord told Abraham that he would enter into Covenant with him, Abraham fell upon his face, Gen. 17.2. as being amazed that the God of Glory should bestow such a Favour upon him.
Resp. 1. It is out of Induldgence, Favour, and Respect to us. A Tyrant will not enter into a Covenant with Slaves, he will not shew them such Respect. God's entring into Covenant with us to be our God, is a Dignity he puts upon us. A Covenant is Insigne honoris, a Note of Distinction between God's People and Heathens, Ezek. 16.22. I will establish my Covenant with thee. When the Lorld told Abraham that he would enter into Covenant with him, Abraham fell upon his face, Gen. 17.2. as being amazed that the God of Glory should bestow such a Favour upon him.
2. God makes a Covenant with us to tie us fast to him; it is called in Ezekiel the Bond of the Covenant. God knows we have slippery hearts, therefore he will have a Covenant to bind us. 'Tis horrid Impiety to go away from God after Covenant. If one of the Vestal Nuns, who had vowed her self to Religion, was deflowered, the Romans caused her to be burnt alive. 'Tis Perjury to depart from God after solemn Covenant.
2. God makes a Covenant with us to tye us fast to him; it is called in Ezekiel the Bond of the Covenant. God knows we have slippery hearts, therefore he will have a Covenant to bind us. 'Tis horrid Impiety to go away from God after Covenant. If one of the Vestal Nuns, who had vowed her self to Religion, was defloured, the Romans caused her to be burnt alive. 'Tis Perjury to depart from God after solemn Covenant.