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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.
Quest. What shall we do that we may be in Covenant with God?
Answ. 1. Seek to God by Prayer. Exige à Domino misericordiam, Aug. Lord be my God in Covenant. The Lord hath made an express Promise, that upon our Prayer to him, the Covenant shall be ratified, he will be our God, and we shall be his People; Zach. 13.9. They shall call upon my Name, and I will hear them; I will say it is my people, and they shall say, The Lord is my God. Only it must be an importunate Prayer. Come as earnest Suitors, resolve to take no denial.
Answ. 1. Seek to God by Prayer. Exige à Domino misericordiam, Aug. Lord be my God in Covenant. The Lord hath made an express Promise, that upon our Prayer to him, the Covenant shall be ratified, he will be our God, and we shall be his People; Zach. 13.9. They shall call upon my Name, and I will hear them; I will say it is my people, and they shall say, The Lord is my God. Only it must be an importunate Prayer. Come as earnest Suiters, resolve to take no denial.
2. If you would be in Covenant with God, break off the Covenant with Sin; before the Marriage-Covenant, there must be a Divorce, 1 Sam. 7.3. If ye return to the Lord with all your hearts, put away the strange gods; and they put away Ashtaroth; viz. their Female Gods. Will any King enter into Covenant with that Man who is in League with his Enemies?