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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CHRIST the Mediator of the Covenant.

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Jesus Christ is the Sum and Quintessence of the Gospel; the Wonder of Angels; the Joy and Triumph of Saints. The Name of Christ is sweet, it is as Music in the Ear, Honey in the Mouth, and a Cordial at the Heart.

JEsus Christ is the Sum and Quintessence of the Gospel; the Wonder of Angels; the Joy and Triumph of Saints. The Name of Christ is sweet, it is as Musick in the Ear, Honey in the Mouth, and a Cordial at the Heart.

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I shall wave the Context, and only speak of that which concerns our present Purpose: Having discoursed of the Covenant of Grace, I shall speak now of the Mediator of the Covenant, and the Restorer of lapsed Sinners, JESUS the Mediator of the Covenant.

I shall wave the Context, and only speak of that which concerns our present Purpose: Having discours'd of the Covenant of Grace, I shall speak now of the Mediator of the Covenant, and the Restorer of lapsed Sinners, IESUS the Mediator of the Covenant.

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There are several Names and Titles in Scripture given to Christ, as the Great Restorer of Mankind: 1. Sometimes he is called a Saviour, Matth. 1.21. His name shall be called Jesus. The Hebrew word for Jesus Joshuang, signifies a Saviour; and whom he saves from Hell he saves from Sin: where Christ is a Saviour he is a Sanctifier, Matth. 1.21. He shall save his people from their sins. There is no other Saviour, Acts 4.12. [Greek or Hebrew], Neither is there salvation in any other. As there was but one Ark to save the World from drowning, so there is but one Jesus to save Sinners from damning. As Naomi said to her Daughters-in-law,

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