A65285:804
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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It is hotly debated among Divines, Whether God could not have forgiven Sin freely without a Sacrifice? Not to dispute what God could have done, but when we consider God was resolved to have the Law satisfied, and to have Man in a way of Justice as well as Mercy; then, I say, it was necessary that Christ should lay down his Life as a Sacrifice:
1. To fulfil the Predictions of Scripture, Luke 24.46. Thus it behoved Christ to suffer.
2. To bring us into Favour with God: 'Tis one thing for a Traitor to be pardoned, and another thing to be made a Favourite. Christ's Blood is not only called [Greek or Hebrew], a Sacrifice whereby God is appeased, but [Greek or Hebrew], a Propitiation whereby God becomes gracious and friendly to us. Christ is our Mercy-seat from which God gives Answers of Peace to us.
2. To bring us into Favour with God: 'Tis one thing for a Traytor to be pardoned, and another thing to be made a Favourite. Christ's Bloud is not only called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a Sacrifice whereby God is appeased, but 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a Propitiation whereby God becomes gracious and friendly to us. Christ is our Mercy-seat from which God gives Answers of Peace to us.