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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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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. Christ's Person in two Natures: 1. Look upon his Humane Nature as Incarnate. The Valentinians deny his Humane Nature; but Joh. 1.14. The Word was made Flesh; [Greek or Hebrew]. 'Tis spoken of Christ, the promised Messiah. Christ took our Flesh that the same Nature which sinned might suffer; and [Greek or Hebrew], The word made flesh, that through the Glass of his Humane Nature we might look upon God.
1. Christ's Person in two Natures: 1. Look upon his Humane Nature as Incarnate. The Valentinians deny his Humane Nature; but Joh. 1.14. The Word was made Flesh; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. 'Tis spoken of Christ, the promised Messiah. Christ took our Flesh that the same Nature which sinned might suffer; and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, The word made flesh, that through the Glass of his Humane Nature we might look upon God.
Quest. Why is Christ called [Greek or Hebrew], the Word?
Quest. Why is Christ called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the Word?
Resp. Because as a Word is the Interpreter of the Mind, and reveals what is in a Man's breast, so Jesus Christ reveals his Father's Mind to us, concerning the great Matters of our Salvation, John 1.18. Were it not for CHRIST's Manhood, the sight of the Godhead would be formidable to us: but through Christ's Flesh we may look upon God without Terror. And Christ took our Flesh that he might know how to pity us; he knows what it is to be faint, sorrowful, tempted,