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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
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.
AS he was Excelling in Gifts, so he was no less Eminent in the Graces of Christ. He had a Sanctified Heart as well as a well-Regulated Logical Head; and was a Scholar of great Proficiency in the School of Christ. His Graces Consecrated his Gifts, and […] them appear with a more observable lustre, with […] as well as Light. All the Virtues of the Divine Nature and Life were visible in his holy Walk: Which openly discovered his Soul to be a LIVING TEMPLE of the LORD JEHOVAH, where his Throne was prepared, his Image set up, and his Spirit dwelt.
AS he was Excelling in Gifts, so he was no less Eminent in the Graces of Christ. He had a Sanctified Heart as well as a well-Regulated Logical Head; and was a Scholar of great Proficiency in the School of Christ. His Graces Consecrated his Gifts, and 〈…〉 them appear with a more observable lustre, with 〈…〉 as well as Light. All the Vertues of the Divine Nature and Life were visible in his holy Walk: Which openly discover'd his Soul to be a LIVING TEMPLE of the LORD JEHOVAH, where his Throne was prepared, his Image set up, and his Spirit dwelt.
WITH what warm Transports of Affection & Admiration would he discourse or hear of the Wonders of Divine Grace naveil'd in the whole Method of the Redemption of Man? How low did he how in profound Reverence and Adoration of the spotless Sovereignty of God in the mysterious Dispensations of the Kingdom both of Grace and Providence? How jealous was he in his whole Conversation of the Honour of Sovereign Grace? How fearful lest any thing should betray it, or cloud it's Glory? How thoughtful also least Grace should be abused unto Wantonness? And how careful in all his Dispensations to guard against this Mystery of Iniquity, and to set out the Glory of Divine Grace, and the Beauty of Holiness in their proper Lustre and admirable Harmony? His Zeal was what became an Apostle; tho' flaming in the Cause of Christ, yet was tempered by Love, and guided by Prudence. No pretence could make him transgress his own Line; and from the Duties of his own Post nothing could move him. His Spirit was truly Pacific; and could sacrifice every thing but Duty for Peace: And accounted nothing too dear, but Truth and Holiness, for the purchase of it. He was a lively Example of Self-Denial, and separation from the World, of Patience under the Reproaches of Men, and Sufferings from God, and of Resignation to the Absolute Supremacy of Heaven under the darkest Dispensations. The most black and sorrowful Providence never caused him to hang his Harry on the Willows, or so put him out of Tune, as to unfit him to Sing a Zion's Song of Praise But he could discourse of, ay realize, the Excellency and Glory, the Majesty, Righteousness and Grace of his Master's Kingdom, even when nds and Darkness were about his Throne.