A65285:2473
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.) Come not into the Company of a Whorish Woman, avoid her House as a Seaman doth a Rock. Prov. 5.8. Come not near the Door of her House. He who would ⟨p. 373⟩not have the Plague, must not come near Houses infected. Every Whore-house hath the Plague in it. Beware of the occasion of Sin: To venture upon the occasion of Sin, and then pray, Lead us not into Temptation, is, as if one should put his Finger in the Candle, and then pray that it may not be burnt.
(2.) Look to your Eyes. Much Sin comes in by the Eye. 2 Pet. 2.14. Having Eyes full of Adultery. The Eye tempts the Fancy, and the Fancy works upon the Heart. A wanton amorous Eye may usher in Sin. Eve first saw the Tree of Knowledge, and then she took, Gen. 3.6. First she looked, and then she loved; [Greek or Hebrew]. The Eye oft sets the Heart on Fire: Therefore Job laid a Law upon his Eyes. Job 31.1. I made a Covenant with my Eyes, why then should I think upon a Maid? Democritus the Philosopher plucked out his Eyes, because he would not be tempted with vain Objects: The Scripture doth not bid us do so, but set a Watch before our Eyes.
(2.) Look to your Eyes. Much Sin comes in by the Eye. 2 Pet. 2.14. Having Eyes full of Adultery. The Eye tempts the Fancy, and the Fancy works upon the Heart. A wanton amorous Eye may usher in Sin. Eve first saw the Tree of Knowledge, and then she took, Gen. 3.6. First she looked, and then she loved; . The Eye oft sets the Heart on Fire: Therefore Iob laid a Law upon his Eyes.