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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. Branch 1. See here the Constancy of Christ's Love to the Elect. He did not only die for them, but intercedes for them in Heaven: when Christ hath done dying, he hath not done loving; he is now at work in Heaven for the Saints; he carries their names on his breast, and will never leave praying till that Prayer be granted, John 17.24. Father, I will that those whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am.
Use 1. Branch 1. See here the Constancy of Christ's Love to the Elect. He did not only die for them, but intercedes for them in Heaven: when Christ hath done dying, he hath not done loving; he is now at work in Heaven for the Saints; he carries their names on his breast, and will never leave praying till that Prayer be granted, Iohn 17.24. Father, I will that those whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am.
Branch 2. See whence it is that the Prayers of the Saints are so powerful with God. Jacob, as an Angel, prevailed with God; Moses's Prayer tied God's hands; Precibus suis tanquam vinculis ligatum tenuit Deum; Let me alone, Exod. 32.10. Whence is this? It is Christ's Prayer in Heaven makes the Saints Prayers so available. Christ's Divine Nature is the Altar on which he offers up our Prayers, and so they prevail. Prayer, as it comes from the Saints, is but weak and languid; but when the Arrow of a Saint's Prayer is put into the Bow of Christ's Intercession, now it pierceth the Throne of Grace.
Branch 2. See whence it is that the Prayers of the Saints are so powerful with God. Iacob, as an Angel, prevailed with God; Moses's Prayer tied God's hands; Precibus suis tanquam vinculis ligatum tenuit Deum; Let me alone, Exod. 32.10. Whence is this? It is Christ's Prayer in Heaven makes the Saints Prayers so available. Christ's Divine Nature is the Altar on which he offers up our Prayers, and so they prevail. Prayer, as it comes from the Saints, is but weak and languid; but when the Arrow of a Saint's Prayer is put into the Bow of Christ's Intercession, now it pierceth the Throne of Grace.