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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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Use 2. Labour to have Christ for your Prophet, he teacheth savingly, he is an interpreter of a thousand, he can untie those Knots which puzzle the very Angels; till Christ teach, never learn any Lesson; till Christ is made to us wisdom, we shall never be wise to Salvation.
Quest. What shall we do to have Christ for our Teacher?
Resp. 1. See your need of Christ's Teaching; you cannot see your way without this Morning Star. Some speak much of the Light of Reason improved: Alas! the Plumb-line of Reason is too short to Fathom the deep things of God; the Light of Reason will no more help a Man to believe, then the light of a Candle will help him to understand. A Man can no more by the power of Nature reach Christ, then an Infant can reach the top of the Pyramids, or the Ostrich fly up to the Stars. See your need of Christ's Anointing and Teaching, Rev. 3.18.
Resp. 1. See your need of Christ's Teaching; you cannot see your way without this Morning Star. Some speak much of the Light of Reason improved: Alas! the Plumb-line of Reason is too short to Fathom the deep things of God; the Light of Reason will no more help a Man to believe, then the light of a Candle will help him to understand. A Man can no more by the power of Nature reach Christ, then an Infant can reach the top of the Pyramids, or the Ostridge fly up to the Stars. See your need of Christ's Anointing and Teaching, Rev. 3.18.