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A complete body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the…A compleat body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the…
A complete body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the Assembly's Shorter catechism wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are unfolded, their truth confirmed, their excellence displayed, their usefulness improved; contrary errors & vices refuted & exposed, objections answered, controversies settled, cases of conscience resolved; and a great light thereby reflected on the present age. / By the Reverend & learned Samuel Willard, M.A. late Pastor of the South Church in Boston, and vice-president of Harvard College in Cambridge, in New-England. ; Prefaced by the pastors of the same church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]A compleat body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the Assembly's Shorter catechism wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are unfolded, their truth confirm'd, their excellence display'd, their usefulness improv'd; contrary errors & vices refuted & expos'd, objections answer'd, controversies settled, cases of conscience resolv'd; and a great light thereby reflected on the present age. / By the Reverend & learned Samuel Willard, M.A. late Pastor of the South Church in Boston, and vice-president of Harvard College in Cambridge, in New-England. ; Prefac'd by the pastors of the same church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
printed by B. Green and S. Kneeland for B. Eliot and D. Henchman, 1726
AN EXPOSITION OF THE ASSEMBLY's SHORTER CATECHISM: IN Two Hundred a… › Sermon 9 (Question 2 cont.)
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and our Saviour Christ hath taught us how to argue. So, Matth. 22.31. But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, &c. And thereby he assures us that Scripture consequence is Scripture: and thus there is nothing that is needful to point in any case to the glorifying of God, or the enjoying him for ever, but is here to be had. And for this reason we are so solemnly forbidden to add any thing to the word of God, for, because to that which is perfect nothing can be added, therefore every addition which is made to the Rule, is if a Tacit, yet a real imputation of Imperfection to it, which reflects great reproach upon God.
USE, LET the consideration of the Scriptures perfection, be a f•rt••• persuasive to as all, and particularly ••y••ng •••s, to be very conversant with there: And it yields powerful incentives hereunto. Consider then, 1. HERE […] may have […] Satisfaction in year way. The work of a Christian is a great work, and the consequence is of everlasting moment; and what can be more satisfying to a man than to have a Rule before him, by which •e may regulate himself in all […], and need not to be left at a loss in any: ••ere can be no duty in which you are concerned, and would do it aright, no doubt by which you are perplexed, and are desirous to be resolved in, but if you bring it hither you may be fully informed about it; and the more you study the Scripture, the more will you be able to satisfy your selves about every thing. 2. THIS will be the way for you to attain i• high degrees of spiritual Wisdom. Wisdom consists in the right understanding of a Rule; and the best wisdom is in knowing the Rule of Religion, because the practice of it is the best and most happy trade: and ever, the more perfect the Rule is that we study, the more likely are we to attain this Wisdom; and this is the Scripture; and the more you read and meditate in it, and pray over it to God for an understanding heart, and that he would give you entrance into his word, the more wise you are like to be If you ask David how he came to such measures of Wisdom as surpassed his teachers, and the ancients among whom he lived, he will tell you he gt them by such a course as this.