A65285:947
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.
2. As when Christ was born into the World he was made flesh, so if he be born into thy heart, he makes thy heart an heart of flesh, Ezek. 36.26. Is thy heart Incarnate? Before it was a rocky heart, and would not yield to God, or take the Impressions of the Word; Durum est quod non cedit tactui, now it is fleshy and tender, like melting Wax, to take any stamp of the Spirit. This is a sign Christ is ⟨p. 116⟩born in our hearts, when they are hearts of flesh, they melt in Tears and in Love. What is it the better Christ was made flesh, unless he hath given thee an heart of flesh.
2. As when Christ was born into the World he was made flesh, so if he be born into thy heart, he makes thy heart an heart of flesh, Ezek. 36.26. Is thy heart Incarnate? Before it was a rocky heart, and would not yield to God, or take the Impressions of the Word; Durum est quod non cedit tactui, now it is fle•hy and tender, like melting Wax, to take any stamp of the Spirit. This is a sign Christ is ⟨p. 116⟩born in our hearts, when they are hearts of flesh, they melt in Tears and in Love. What is it the better Christ was made flesh, unless he hath given thee an heart of flesh.
3. Christ was conceived in the Womb of a Virgin, so if he be born in thee, thy heart is a Virgin-heart, in respect of Sincerity and Sanctity. Art thou purified from the love of sin? If Christ be born in the heart, it is a Sanctum Sanctorum, an Holy of Holies. If thy heart be polluted with the predominant love of sin, never think Christ is born there Christ will never lye any more in a Stable. If he be born in thy heart, it is consecrated by the Holy Ghost.