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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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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.
Quest. How doth the Covenant of Grace differ from the first Covenant made with Adam?
Resp. 1st Difference. The Terms of the first Covenant were more strict and severe. For 1. The least failing would have made the Covenant with Adam null and void, but many Failings do not null the Covenant of Grace: I grant the least sin is a Trespass upon the Covenant, but it doth not make it null and void. There may be many Failings in the Conjugal Relation, but every Failing doth not break the Marriage-Bond. It would be sad, if as oft as we break Covenant with God, he should break Covenant with us; but God will not take advantage of every Failing, but in anger remember Mercy.