A65285:848
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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5th Fruit. The sending the Comforter, John 14.16. I will pray the Father, and •e will give you another Comforter. The Comfort of the Spirit is distinct from the Anointing; this Comfort is very sweet, sweeter than the Honey drops from the Comb; it is the Manna in the Golden Pot, it is Vinum in pectore; a drop of this heavenly Comfort, is enough to sweeten a Sea of worldly Sorrow. It is called arrhabo ▪ the earnest of the Spirit, 2 Cor. 1.22. an Earnest assures one of the whole Sum. The Spirit gives an Earnest of Heaven in our Hand, whence is this comforting work of the Spirit? Thank Christ's Intercession for it. I will pray the Father, and he shall send the Comforter.
5th Fruit. The sending the Comforter, Iohn 14.16. I will pray the Father, and •e will give you another Comforter. The Comfort of the Spirit is distinct from the Anointing; this Comfort is very sweet, sweeter than the Honey drops from the Comb; it is the Manna in the Golden Pot, it is Vinum in pectore; a drop of this heavenly Comfort, is enough to sweeten a Sea of worldly Sorrow. It is called arrhabo ▪ the earnest of the Spirit, 2 Cor. 1.22. an Earnest assures one of the whole Sum. The Spirit gives an Earnest of Heaven in our Hand, whence is this comforting work of the Spirit? Thank Christ's Intercession for it. I will pray the Father, and he shall send the Comforter.
6th Fruit. Perseverance in Grace, John 17.11