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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.
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.
1. God's Covenant People are an humble People, 1 Pet. 5.5. [Greek or Hebrew], be ye clothed with humility. God's People esteem of others better then themselves; they shrink into nothing in their own thoughts, Phil. 2.3. David cries out, I am a worm, and no man, Psal. 22.6. though a Saint, though a King, yet a Worm. When Moses's Face shined, he covered it with a Veil: God's People, when they shine most in Grace, are covered with the Veil of Humility. Pride excludes from the Covenant. God resisteth the proud, 1 Pet. 5.5. and sure such are not in Covenant with God, whom he resists.
1. God's Covenant People are an humble People, 1 Pet. 5.5. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, be ye clothed with humility. God's People esteem of others better then themselves; they shrink into nothing in their own thoughts, Phil. 2.3. David cries out, I am a worm, and no man, Psal. 22.6. though a Saint, though a King, yet a Worm. When Moses's Face shin'd, he covered it with a Vail: God's People, when they shine most in Grace, are covered with the Vail of Humility. Pride excludes from the Covenant. God resisteth the proud, 1 Pet. 5.5. and sure such are not in Covenant with God, whom he resists.
2. A People in Covenant with God are a willing People; though they cannot serve God perfectly, they serve him willingly. They do not grudge God a little time spent in his Worship, they do not hesitate or murmur at Sufferings, they will go through a Sea and a Wilderness if God calls;