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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.
EXOD. XX.14. Thou shalt not commit Adultery.
God is [Greek or Hebrew], a pure holy Spirit, and hath an infinite Antipathy against all Uncleanness. In this Commandment he hath entered his Caution against it. Non maechaberis, Thou shalt not commit Adultery. The Sum of this Commandment, is, The Preservation of Corporal Purity. We must take heed of running on the Rock of Uncleanness, and so making Shipwreck of our Chastity. In this Commandment there is something tacitly implied, and something tacitly forbidden.
God is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a pure holy Spirit, and hath an infinite Antipathy against all Uncleanness. In this Commandment he hath entred his Caution against it. Non maechaberis, Thou shalt not commit Adultery. The Sum of this Commandment, is, The Preservation of Corporal Purity. We must take heed of running on the Rock of Uncleanness, and so making Shipwrack of our Chastity. In this Commandment there is something tacitly implyed, and something tacitly forbidden.
1. Something tacitly Implied, (viz.) That the Ordinance of Marriage should be observed.
1. Something tacitly Implyed, (viz.) That the Ordinance of Marriage should be observed.