Thomas Watson
c. 1620–1686
English Puritan preacher whose Body of Divinity, on the Westminster Catechism, is prized for its vividness and brevity.
In his own words
Grace is compared to a river of the water of life. John 7:78. This river can never be dried up, because God's Spirit is the spring that continually feeds it. [3] Grace is carried on to perfection by Christ's daily intercession. As the Spirit is at work in the heart, so is Christ at work in heaven. Christ is ever praying that the saint's grace may hold out. Conserva illos; "Father, keep those whom thou hast given me:" keep them as the stars in their orbs: keep them as jewels, that they may not be lost. "Father keep them.", John 17:7: That prayer which Christ made for Peter, was the copy of the prayer he now makes for believers. I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not,' that it be not totally eclipsed. Luke 22:22. How can the children of such prayers perish? III. Arguments to prove the saint's perseverance.
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What we hold of him
A Body of Divinity
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