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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And if Faith be the Condition of the Covenant of Grace, it excludes desperate presumptuous Sinners from the Covenant. They say there is a Covenant of Grace, and they shall be saved; but did you ever know a Bond without a Condition? The Condition of the Covenant is Faith, and if thou hast no Faith, thou hast no more to do with the Covenant than a Foreigner, or a Country Farmer with the City Charter.

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Use 1. of Information. See the amazing Goodness of God to enter into Covenant with us. He never entered into Covenant with the Angels when they fell. It was much Condescension in God to enter into Covenant with us in a state of Innocency, but it was more to enter into Covenant with us in a state of Enmity. In this Covenant of Grace we may see the Cream of God's Love, and the working of his Bowels to sinners. This is a Marriage-Covenant, Jer. 3.14. I am married to you, saith the Lord. In the New Covenant God makes himself over to us, and what can he give more? And he makes over his Promises to us, and what better Bond can we have?

Use 1. of Information. See the amazing Goodness of God to enter into Covenant with us. He never entred into Covenant with the Angels when they fell. It was much Condescension in God to enter into Covenant with us in a state of Innocency, but it was more to enter into Covenant with us in a state of Enmity. In this Covenant of Grace we may see the Cream of God's Love, and the working of his Bowels to sinners. This is a Marriage-Covenant, Ier. 3.14. I am married to you, saith the Lord. In the New Covenant God makes himself over to us, and what can he give more? And he makes over his Promises to us, and what better Bond can we have?

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