A65285:1885
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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4. By consenting to another's sin: Saul did not cast one stone at Stephen, yet the Scripture saith, Saul was consenting to his Death, Acts 8.1. Thus he had an hand in it; if several did combine to Murder a Man, and they should tell another of their intent, and he should give his consent to it, he were guilty, though his hand were not in the Murder, yet his Heart was in it: Though he did not act it, yet he did approve it; so it became his sin.
4. By consenting to anothers sin: Saul did not cast one stone at Stephen, yet the Scripture saith, Saul was consenting to his Death, Acts 8.1. Thus he had an hand in it; if several did combine to Murther a Man, and they should tell another of their intent, and he should give his consent to it, he were guilty, though his hand were not in the Murther, yet his Heart was in it: Though he did not act it, yet he did approve it; so it became his sin.
5. By Example, Vivitur Exemplis, Examples are powerful and cogent; setting a bad Example occasions another to sin; and so a Person becomes accessary. If the Father Swears, and the Child by his Example learns to Swear, the Father is accessary to the Child's sin, he taught him by his Example: As there are Diseases Hereditary, so Sins.
5. By Example, Vivitur Exemplis, Examples are powerful and cogent; setting a bad Example occasions another to sin; and so a Person becomes accessary. If the Father Swears, and the Child by his Example learns to Swear, the Father is accessary to the Childs sin, he taught him by his Example: As there are Diseases Hereditary, so Sins.