A Body of Practical Divinity

Name: A Body of Practical Divinity
Author: Thomas Watson

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 ...

Thomas Watson d. 1686London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692

[5], iv, 300, 331-544, 801-880, 965-1007, [7] p. · 512k words · Wing W1109 · ESTC R32148

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Twelfthly, Adultery is a Sower of Discord: It destroys Peace and Love, the two best Flowers which grow in a Family. Adultery sets Husband against Wife, and Wife against Husband, and so it causeth the Joints of the same Body to smite one against another. And this Division in a Family works Confusion: For an House divided against it self cannot stand, Luke 11.17. Omne divisibile est corruptibile.

Twelfthly, Adultery is a Sower of Discord: It destroyes Peace and Love, the two best Flowers which grow in a Family. Adultery sets Husband against Wife, and Wife against Husband, and so it causeth the Ioynts of the same Body to smite one against another. And this Division in a Family works Confusion: For an House divided against it self cannot stand, Luke 11.17. Omne divisibile est corruptibile.

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Quest. How may we abstain from this Sin of Adultery?

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Resp. I shall lay down some Directions, by way of Antidote, to keep you from being infected with this Sin.

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