A65285:849
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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6th Fruit. Perseverance in Grace, John 17.11. Keep through thy own Name those which thou hast given me. It is not our prayer, or watchfulness, or grace that keeps us, but it is God's care and manu-tenancy, he holds us that we do not fall away; and, whence is it God preserves us? it is from Christ's Intercession, Father, keep them. That Prayer of Christ for Peter, is the Copy of his Prayer now in Heaven, Luke 22.32. I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. Peter's Faith did fail in some degree, when he denied Christ, but Christ prayed that it might not totally fail. The Saints persevere in believing, because Christ perseveres in praying.
6th Fruit. Perseverance in Grace, Iohn 17.11. Keep through thy own Name those which thou hast given me. It is not our prayer, or watchfulness, or grace that keeps us, but it is God's care and manu-tenancy, he holds us that we do not fall away; and, whence is it God preserves us? it is from Christ's Intercession, Father, keep them. That Prayer of Christ for Peter, is the Copy of his Prayer now in Heaven, Luke 22.32. I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. Peter's Faith did fail in some degree, when he denied Christ, but Christ prayed that it might not totally fail. The Saints persevere in believing, because Christ perseveres in praying.
7th Fruit. Absolution at the Day of Judgment. Christ shall judge the World, John 5.22. God hath committed all Judgment to the Son. Now sure, those that Christ hath so prayed for, he will Absolve when he sits upon the Bench of Judicature. Will Christ condemn those he prays for? Believers are his Spouse, will he condemn his Spouse?