Few preachers in the Puritan era (or any other period of church history) match Thomas Watson for his ability to combine rich spirituality, nourishing doctrine and sane wisdom with fascinating illustration and a pleasant style. Watson is remembered chiefly for his posthumously published Body of Practical Divinity (reprinted by the Trust in three volumes). But his extant sermons also include this…
Thomas Watson menyatakan bahwa dia menghadapi dua kesulitan besar dalam pelayanan pastoralnya: pertama, membuat oran-orang tidak percaya berdukacita, dengan mengakui kebutuhan mereka akan anugerah; kedua, membuat orang-orang saleh bersukacita di dalam menanggapi anugerah Allah. Dia percaya bahwa jawaban terhadap kesulitan kedua ini bisa ditemukan di dalam ajaran Paulus di Roma 8:28, yaitu bahwa…
"~A Body of Divinity deals with the foremost doctrinal and experimental truths of the Christian Faith. It is based on the Westminster Assembly's ""Shorter Catechism,"" in which the main principles of Christianity that lie scattered in the Scriptures are brought together and set forth in the form of question and answer.~"