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A Body of Practical Divinity

Part 1

by Thomas Watson

The first part of Watson's exposition of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, from the doctrine of God and creation through the Fall, the covenant of grace, the application of redemption, and into the Ten Commandments. Includes Spurgeon's brief memoir of Watson.

Publication

Publisher
The Banner of Truth Trust
Series
The Works of Thomas Watson (TW)
Series volume
1
Date published
2026
Print status
In print

The Physical Book

Binding
Hardcover
Dust jacket
Yes
ISBN-13
9781800405424

Reference

Notes
This volume's own print ISBN is 978-1-80040-542-4. The set as a whole (all 5 volumes) carries its own ISBN, 978-1-80040-590-5 — use that one when ordering the complete set rather than a single volume. Banner sells this set only complete, never by the volume, so the picture shown is the publisher's photograph of the whole set rather than this volume's own cover.
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Contents

  • Publisher's Preface
  • Brief Memoir of Thomas Watson
    • Compiled by C. H. Spurgeon
  • Preliminary Discourse to Catechizing
    • Introduction
    • 1. Man's Chief End
    • 2. The Scriptures
  • God and His Creation
    • 1. The Being of God
    • 2. The Knowledge of God
    • 3. The Eternity of God
    • 4. The Unchangeableness of God
    • 5. The Wisdom of God
    • 6. The Power of God
    • 7. The Holiness of God
    • 8. The Justice of God
    • 9. The Mercy of God
    • 10. The Truth of God
    • 11. The Unity of God
    • 12. The Trinity
    • 13. The Creation
    • 14. The Providence of God
  • The Fall
    • 1. The Covenant of Works
    • 2. Sin
    • 3. Adam's Sin
    • 4. Original Sin
    • 5. Man's Misery by the Fall
  • The Covenant of Grace and its Mediator
    • 1. The Covenant of Grace
    • 2. Christ the Mediator of the Covenant
    • 3. Christ's Prophetic Office
    • 4. Christ's Priestly Office
    • 5. Christ's Kingly Office
    • 6. Christ's Humiliation in His Incarnation
    • 7. Christ's Exaltation
    • 8. Christ the Redeemer
  • The Application of Redemption
    • 1. Faith
    • 2. Effectual Calling
    • 3. Justification
    • 4. Adoption
    • 5. Sanctification
    • 6. Assurance
    • 7. Peace
    • 8. Joy
    • 9. Growth in Grace
    • 10. Perseverance
  • Death and the Last Day
    • 1. The Death of the Righteous
    • 2. A Believer's Privilege at Death
    • 3. The Resurrection
  • Introduction to the Ten Commandments
    • 1. Obedience
    • 2. Love
    • 3. The Preface to the Ten Commandments
    • 4. The Right Understanding of the Law
  • The Ten Commandments
    • 1. The First Commandment
    • 2. The Second Commandment
    • 3. The Third Commandment
    • 4. The Fourth Commandment