A65285:1927
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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3. If we love our Belly more than God, we make a God of it, Phil. 3.19. Whose God is their Belly. Clemens Alexandrinus writes of a Fish that hath its Heart in its Belly: An Emblem of Epicures, their Heart is in their Belly, they do Sacrificare lari, their Belly is their God, and to this God they pour Drink-Offerings: The Lord allows what is fitting for the Recruit of Nature, Deut. 11.15. I will send grass, that thou mayest eat and be full. But to mind nothing but the indulging the Appetite is Idolatry, Whose God is their Belly. What pity is it, that the Soul, that Princely part, which sways the Sceptre of Reason, and is akin to Angels, should be enslaved to the Brutish part!
3. If we love our Belly more than God, we make a God of it, Phil. 3.19. Whose God is their Belly. Clemens Alexandrinus writes of a Fish that hath its Heart in its Belly: An Emblem of Epicures, their Heart is in their Belly, they do Sacrificare lari, their Belly is their God, and to this God they pour Drink-Offerings: The Lord allows what is fitting for the Recruit of Nature, Deut. 11.15. I will send grass, that thou maist eat and be full. But to mind nothing but the indulging the Appetite is Idolatry, Whose God is their Belly. What pity is it, that the Soul, that Princely part, which sways the Scepter of Reason, and is akin to Angels, should be enslaved to the Brutish part!
4. If we love a Child more than God, we make a God of it. How many are guilty in this kind! They think more of their Children, and delight more in them, than in God: They grieve more for the loss of their First-born, than for the loss of their first Love. This is to make an Idol of a Child, and to set it in Gods room. Thus God is oft provoked to take away our Children: If we love the Jewel more than him that gave it, God will take away the Jewel, that our love may return to him again.