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✵ 1616 – 1686   •   Otros nombres Thomas Watson (Puritan)
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“The excellence of a thing is the end for which it was made; as of a star to give light, and of a plant to be fruitful.”

from The Lord's Prayer.
Contexto: The excellence of a thing is the end for which it was made; as of a star to give light, and of a plant to be fruitful. So the excellence of a Christian is to answer the end of his creation, which is to hallow God’s name, and live to that God by whom he lives.

“Though heaven be given us freely, yet we must contend for it”

The Christian Soldier; or Heaven Taken by Storm http://www.fivesolas.com/watson/soldie_i.htm (1669).
Contexto: Though heaven be given us freely, yet we must contend for it, "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might" (Eccl. 9:10)

“…too much leniency emboldens sin…”

Heaven Taken By Storm

“Seriousness is the Christian's ballast which keeps him from being overturned with vanity.”

The Christian Soldier; or Heaven Taken by Storm (1669).

“Repentance is never out of season.”

The Doctrine of Repentance (1668)

“Obedience carries in it the life-blood of religion.”

From The Ten Commandments - first published as part of A Body of Practical Divinity (1692).