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A Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson (PDF) A Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson Table of Contents About This Book...................................... p. ii A Body of Divinity ..................................... p. 1 Contents ........................................... p. 2 Brief Memoir Of Thomas Watson ........................... p. 4 1. A Preliminary Discourse To Catechising .................... p. 9 2. Introduction ....................................... p. 13 1. Man's Chief End ................................... p. 13 2. The Scriptures .................................... p. 26 3. God and his creation ................................. p. 35 1. The Being Of God .................................. p. 35 2. The Knowledge Of God .............................. p. 45 3. The Eternity Of God ................................. p. 49 4. The Unchangeableness Of God ......................... p. 53 5. The Wisdom Of God ................................ p. 57 6. The Power Of God ................................. p. 61 7. The Holiness Of God ................................ p. 64 8. The Justice Of God ................................. p. 68 9. The Mercy Of God .................................. p. 72 10. The Truth Of God ................................. p. 76 11. The Unity Of God ................................. p. 79 12. The Trinity ...................................... p. 82 13. The Creation .................................... p. 85 14. The Providence Of God ............................. p. 89 4. The fall .......................................... p. 96 1. The Covenant Of Works .............................. p. 96 2. Adam's Sin ...................................... p. 102 3. Original Sin ...................................... p. 105 4. Man©s Misery By The Fall ............................. p. 110 5. The covenant of grace and its mediator ..................... p. 114 1. The Covenant Of Grace .............................. p. 114 2. Christ The Mediator Of The Covenant ..................... p. 119 3. Christ©s Prophetic Office .............................. p. 122 4. Christ©s Priestly Office ............................... p. 126 5. Christ©s Kingly Office ................................ p. 136 6. Christ's Humiliation In His Incarnation ..................... p. 140 iii A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson 7. Christ's Exaltation .................................. p. 148 8. Christ The Redeemer ................................ p. 152 6. The application of redemption ........................... p. 156 1. Faith ........................................... p. 156 2. Effectual Calling ................................... p. 159 3. Justification ...................................... p. 163 4. Adoption ........................................ p. 167 5. Sanctification ..................................... p. 173 6. Assurance ....................................... p. 180 7. Peace .......................................... p. 187 8. Joy ............................................ p. 192 9. Growth In Grace ................................... p. 196 10. Perseverance .................................... p. 200 7. Death and the last day ................................ p. 208 1. The Death Of The Righteous ........................... p. 208 2. A Believer's Privilege At Death .......................... p. 211 3. The Resurrection .................................. p. 218 Indexes............................................ p. 227 Index of Scripture References............................ p. 227 iv A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson A Body of Divinity Contained In Sermons Upon The Westminster Assembly's Catechism By Thomas Watson A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson Contents ·1. Brief Memoir Of Thomas Watson ·2. A Preliminary Discourse To Catechising ·3. Introduction ·3.1. Man's Chief End ·3.2. The Scriptures ·4. God and his creation ·4.1. The Being Of God ·4.2. The Knowledge Of God ·4.3. The Eternity Of God ·4.4. The Unchangeableness Of God ·4.5. The Wisdom Of God ·4.6. The Power Of God ·4.7. The Holiness Of God ·4.8. The Justice Of God ·4.9. The Mercy Of God ·4.10. The Truth Of God ·4.11. The Unity Of God ·4.12. The Trinity ·4.13. The Creation ·4.14. The Providence Of God ·5. The fall ·5.1. The Covenant Of Works ·5.2. Adam's Sin ·5.3. Original Sin ·5.4. Man's Misery By The Fall ·6. The covenant of grace and its mediator ·6.1. The Covenant Of Grace ·6.2. Christ The Mediator Of The Covenant ·6.3. Christ's Prophetic Office ·6.4. Christ's Priestly Office ·6.5. Christ's Kingly Office ·6.6. Christ's Humiliation In His Incarnation ·6.7. Christ's Exaltation ·6.8. Christ The Redeemer ·7. The application of redemption ·7.1. Faith ·7.2. Effectual Calling ·7.3. Justification ·7.4. Adoption ·7.5. Sanctification 2 A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson ·7.6. Assurance ·7.7. Peace ·7.8. Joy ·7.9. Growth In Grace ·7.10. Perseverance ·8. Death and the last day ·8.1. The Death Of The Righteous ·8.2. A Believer's Privilege At Death ·8.3. The Resurrection 3 A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson Brief Memoir Of Thomas Watson Compiled by C. H. Spurgeon Thomas Watson's Body of Practical Divinity is one of the most precious of the peerless works of the Puritans; and those best acquainted with it prize it most. Watson was one of the most concise, racy, illustrative, and suggestive of those eminent divines who made the Puritan age the Augustan period of evangelical literature. There is a happy union of sound doctrine, heart-searching experience and practical wisdom throughout all his works, and his Body of Divinity is, beyond all the rest, useful to the student and the minister. Although Thomas Watson issued several most valuable books, comparatively little is known of him - even the dates of his birth and death are unknown. His writings are his best memorial; perhaps he needed no other, and therefore providence forbade the superfluity. We shall not attempt to discover his pedigree, and, after the manner of antiquarians, derive his family from a certain famous Wat, whose son distinguished himself in the Crusades, or in some other insane enterprise; whether blue blood was in his veins or no is of small consequence, since we know that he was the seed-royal of the redeemed of the Lord. Some men are their own ancestors, and, for ought we know, Thomas Watson's genealogy reflected no fame upon him, but derived all its lustre from his achievements. He had the happiness to be educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, which in those days deserved to be called the School of Saints, the nursing mother of gigantic evangelical divines. In Kennet's `Register and Chronicle,' is a list of eighty-seven names of Puritan ministers, including many well-known and loved as preachers and commentators; such as Anth. Burgess, W. Jenkyn, Ralph Venning, Thomas Brooks, T. White, Samuel Slater, Thomas Watson, John Rowe, Dr. W. Bates, Stephen Charnock, Samuel Clarke, Nathaniel Vincent, Dr John Collings, William Bridge, Samuel Hildersam, Adoniram Bifield, followed by this remark, `These are most of them mentioned in the list of sufferers for Nonconformity, and appear upon the registers to have been all of Emmanuel College, beside great numbers, no doubt of the same society, who were forward preachers up of the unhappy changes of 1641,' etc. In the margin of the book is the following observation on the foregoing: `It may not be improper to observe how much young students, in both Universities, fell in with the prejudices of their governors and tutors. This was the reason that this single College of Emmanuel, in Cambridge, bred more of the Puritans and Nonconformists than perhaps any seven of the other Colleges or Halls in either University.º Such a fact as this should attract the prayers of all believers to our seminaries for the sons of the prophets, since upon the manner in which these institutions are conducted will depend under God the future well-being of our churches. The Pastors, College, for the use of whose students this work is published, earnestly petitions for a place in the intercessions of the saints. We are not at all surprised to learn that Thomas Watson enjoyed the repute, while at Cambridge, of being a most laborious student; the great Puritanic authors must have been most industrious workers at the university, or they never would have become such pre-eminent masters in Israel. The conscientious student is the most likely man to become a successful preacher. After completing his course with honour, Watson became rector of St Stephen's, Walbrook, where in the very heart of London he executed for nearly sixteen years the office of a faithful pastor with great diligence and assiduity. Happy were the citizens who regularly attended so instructive and spiritual a ministry. The church was constantly filled, for the fame and popularity of the preacher were deservedly great. Going in and out among his flock, fired with holy zeal for their eternal welfare, his years rolled on 4 A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson pleasantly enough amid the growing respect of all who knew him. Calamy, in his Nonconformist Memorial, says of him: - `He was so well known in the city for his piety and usefulness, that though he was singled out by the Friendly Debate, he yet carried a general respect from all sober persons along with him to his grave. He was a man of considerable reaming, a popular, but judicious preacher (if one may judge from his writings), and eminent in the gift of prayer. Of this, the following anecdote is a sufficient proof. Once on a lecture day, before the Bartholomew Act took place, the learned Bishop Richardson came to hear
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