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All Things For Good (Thomas Watson) (#17)

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First published in 1663 by the title A Divine Cordial, Watson simply but profoundly explains how God does in fact make all things – good and bad things – work together for the good of His people. By far the most useful explanation of Romans 8:28 ever written.

Watson said that two of the greatest obstacles he faced as a pastor were:
1) To make unbelievers sad, so they recognize their need of God’s grace, and:
2) To make believers joyful, in their experience of God’s grace!

He wrote this book to make an effort to undo the second difficulty: by explaining Paul’s teaching in Romans 8:28. As for his own experience, Watson wrote this the year after he and 2,000 other ministers were expelled from the Church of England, and thus exposed to much hardship and suffering. This is the rich exposition of a faithful man who lived in circumstances when only faith in the Word of God could bring him such a confidence.

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All Things for Good

First published in 1663 by the title A Divine Cordial, Watson simply but profoundly explains how God does in fact make all things – good and bad things – work together for the good of His people. By far the most useful explanation of Romans 8:28 ever written.

Watson said that two of the greatest obstacles he faced as a pastor were:
1) To make unbelievers sad, so they recognize their need of God’s grace, and:
2) To make believers joyful, in their experience of God’s grace!

He wrote this book to make an effort to undo the second difficulty: by explaining Paul’s teaching in Romans 8:28. As for his own experience, Watson wrote this the year after he and 2,000 other ministers were expelled from the Church of England, and thus exposed to much hardship and suffering. This is the rich exposition of a faithful man who lived in circumstances when only faith in the Word of God could bring him such a confidence.

Table of Contents

Extract from Preface of 1663 8
Introduction 9

1

THE BEST THINGS WORK FOR GOOD TO THE GODLY

 13
1) The attributes of God
2) The promises of God
3) The mercies of God
4) The graces of the Spirit
5) The angels of God
6) The communion of Saints
7) The intercession of Christ
8) The prayers of Saints

2

THE WORST THINGS WORK FOR GOOD TO THE GODLY

 25
1) The evil of affliction.
2) The evil of temptation.
3) The evil of desertion.
4) The evil of sin.

3

WHY ALL THINGS WORK FOR GOOD TO THE GODLY

 52
1) The reason why all things work for good.
2) Inferences from this proposition.

4

OF LOVE TO GOD

 66
1) The nature of love.
2) The ground of love.
3) The kinds of love.
4) The properties of love.
5) The degrees of love.
Use: A reproof to those who do not love God

5

THE TESTS OF LOVE TO GOD

 74

6

AN EXHORTATION TO LOVE GOD

 88
1) An exhortation to become lovers of God – twenty motives for loving God.
2) An exhortation to preserve your love to God.
3) An exhortation to increase your love to God.

7

EFFECTUAL CALLING

 104
1) A distinction about calling.
2) Our condition before we are called.
3) The means of our effectual calling.
4) The method God uses in calling sinners.
5) The properties of this effectual calling.
6) The end of effectual calling.
Use: An exhortation to make your calling sure.

8

EXHORTATIONS TO THEM WHO ARE CALLED

 119
1) Admire God’s free grace.
2) Pity those who are not yet called.
3) Walk worthy of your high calling.

9

CONCERNING GOD’S PURPOSE

 124
1) God’s purpose is the cause of salvation.
2) God’s purpose is the ground of assurance.