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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Quest. How know you that?
Resp. 3. If thou art a Believer, then thou art one given to Christ, and he prays for thee. Faith is an Act of Recumbency, we do [Greek or Hebrew], rest on Christ, as the Stones in the Building rest upon the Corner-stone. Faith throws itself into Christ's Arms; it saith, Christ is my Priest, his Blood is my Sacrifice, his Divine Nature is my Altar, and here I rest. This Faith is seen by the Effects of it, a refining Work and a resigning Work; it purifies the Heart, there is the refining Work; it makes a Deed of Gift to Christ, it gives up its Use, its Love to him, 1 Cor. 6.19. There is the resigning Work of Faith. These that believe are given to Christ, and have a part in his Prayer, Joh. 17.20. Nor do I pray for these alone, but for all them that shall believe on me.
Resp. 3. If thou art a Believer, then thou art one given to Christ, and he prays for thee. Faith is an Act of Recumbency, we do 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, rest on Christ, as the Stones in the Building rest upon the Corner-stone. Faith throws itself into Christ's Arms; it saith, Christ is my Priest, his Bloud is my Sacrifice, his Divine Nature is my Altar, and here I rest. This Faith is seen by the Effects of it, a refining Work and a resigning Work; it purifies the Heart, there is the refining Work; it makes a Deed of Gift to Christ, it gives up its Use, its Love to him, 1 Cor. 6.19. There is the resigning Work of Faith. These that believe are given to Christ, and have a part in his Prayer, Joh. 17.20. Nor do I pray for these alone, but for all them that shall believe on me.