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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 1. In the Bloody Sacrifice of Christ, see the horrid Nature of Sin: Sin (it is true) is odious as it banished Adam out of Paradise, and threw the Angels into Hell, but that which doth most of all make it appear Horrid, is this, it made Christ veil his Glory and loose his Blood. We should look upon Sin with Indignation, and pursue it with an Holy Malice, and shed the Blood of those Sins shed Christ's Blood. The sight of Caesar's Bloody Robe incensed the Romans against them that slew him: The sight of Christ's bleeding Body should incense us against Sin; let us not parley with it, let not that be our Joy which made Christ a Man of Sorrow.
Use 1. In the Bloudy Sacrifice of Christ, see the horrid Nature of Sin: Sin (it is true) is odious as it banish'd Adam out of Paradise, and threw the Angels into Hell, but that which doth most of all make it appear Horrid, is this, it made Christ vail his Glory and loose his Bloud. We should look upon Sin with Indignation, and pursue it with an Holy Malice, and shed the Bloud of those Sins shed Christ's Bloud. The sight of Caesar's Bloudy Robe incensed the Romans against them that slew him: The sight of Christ's bleeding Body should incense us against Sin; let us not parly with it, let not that be our Joy which made Christ a Man of Sorrow.
Use 2. Is Christ our Priest sacrificed, see God's Mercy and Justice displayed: I may say as the Apostle, Rom. 11.27. Behold the goodness and severity of God: 1. The Goodness of God in providing a Sacrifice. Had not Christ suffered on the Cross, we must have lain in Hell for ever satisfying God's Justice.
Use 2. Is Christ our Priest sacrific'd, see God's Mercy and Iustice displayed: I may say as the Apostle, Rom. 11.27. Behold the goodness and severity of God: 1. The Goodness of God in providing a Sacrifice. Had not Christ suffered on the Cross, we must have lain in Hell for ever satisfying God's Justice.