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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. Distracted Thoughts in hearing proceed from an Evil Custom. We inure our selves to vain Thoughts at other times, therefore we cannot forbear them on a Sabbath. Custom is a Second Nature. Jer. 13.23. Can the Ethiopian change his Skin, or the Leopard his Spots, then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil? He that is used to bad Company, knows not how to leave it. Such as have vain Thoughts keeping them Company all the Week, they know not how to get rid of them on the Sabbath. Let me show you how evil these vain distracting Thoughts in hearing are.
3. Distracted Thoughts in hearing proceed from an Evil Custom. We inure our selves to vain Thoughts at other times, therefore we cannot forbear them on a Sabbath. Custom is a Second Nature. Ier. 13.23. Can the Ethiopian change his Skin, or the Leopard his Spots, then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil? He that is used to bad Company, knows not how to leave it. Such as have vain Thoughts keeping them Company all the Week, they know not how to get rid of them on the Sabbath. Let me show you how evil these vain distracting Thoughts in hearing are.
First, To have the Heart distracted in Hearing, is a Disrespect to God's Omniscience. God is an all-seeing Spirit, and Thoughts speak louder in his Ears than Words do in ours. Amos 4.13. He declareth unto Man what is his Thought. Therefore to make no Conscience of Wandering Thoughts in Hearing, is the affronting of God's Omniscience, as if he knew not our Heart, or did not hear the Language of our Thoughts.
First, To have the Heart distracted in Hearing, is a Disrespect to God's Omnisciency. God is an all-seeing Spirit, and Thoughts speak louder in his Ears than Words do in ours.