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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. In reference to Others. We should endeavour to preserve the Lives and Souls of others. 2. In reference to our selves. To preserve our own Life and Soul.
[1.] In reference to Others.
(1.) To preserve the Life of others. Comfort them in their Sorrows, relieve them in their Wants: Be as the good Samaritan, pour Wine and Oil into their Wounds. Job 29.16. I was a Father to the poor. —13. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me. This is a great means of preserving the Life of another, by relieving him when he is ready to perish. Pompey, when there was a great Dearth in Rome, provided Corn for their Relief; and when the Mariners were backward to sail thither in a Tempest, saith he, [Greek or Hebrew], It is not necessary that we should live, but it is necessary that Rome be relieved. Grace makes the Heart tender, it causeth Sympathy and Charity: As it melts the Heart in Contrition towards God, so in Compassion towards others. Psal. 112.9. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor. This the Commandment implies, That we should be so far from ruining others, that we should do all we can to preserve the Lives of others. When we see the Picture of Death drawn in their Faces, administer to their Necessities. Be Temporal Saviours to them; draw them out of the Waters of Affliction with a Silver Cord of Charity. That I may persuade you to this, let me lay before you Arguments.
(1.) To preserve the Life of others. Comfort them in their Sorrows, relieve them in their Wants: Be as the good Samaritan, pour Wine and Oyl into their Wounds.