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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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3. God is willing to be in Covenant with you. Why doth God woe and beseech you by his Ambassadors to be reconciled, if he were not willing to be in Covenant?
Object. I would fain be in Covenant with God, but I have been a great sinner, and I fear God will not admit me into Covenant.
Resp. If thou seest thy sins, and loathest thy self for them, yet God will take thee into Covenant, Isa. 43.24. Thou hast wearied me with thy iniquities; I, even I am he that blotteth out thy transgressions. As the Sea covers great Rocks, so God's Covenant-Mercy covers great Sins. Some of the Jews that crucified Christ, yet had their sins washed away in his Blood.
Object. But I am not worthy that ever God should admit me into Covenant.