A65285:2201
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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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. Amos 4.13. He declareth unto Man what is his Thought. Therefore to make no Conscience of Wandring Thoughts in Hearing, is the affronting of God's Omnisciency, as if he knew not our Heart, or did not hear the Language of our Thoughts.
Secondly, To give way to wandering Thoughts in Hearing, is Hypocrisy. We pretend to hear what God saith, and our Mind is quite upon another thing. We present God with our Bodies, but do not give him our Hearts, Hos. 7.11. This Hypocrisy God complains of, Isa. 29.13. This People draw near me with their Mouth, and with their Lips do honour me, but have removed their Heart far from me. This is to prevaricate, and deal falsely with God.
Secondly, To give way to wandring Thoughts in Hearing, is Hypocrisie. We pretend to hear what God saith, and our Mind is quite upon another thing. We present God with our Bodies, but do not give him our Hearts, Hos. 7.11. This Hypocrisie God complains of, Isa. 29.13. This People draw near me with their Mouth, and with their Lips do honour me, but have removed their Heart far from me. This is to prevaricate, and deal falsly with God.