A65285:2495
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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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.15. Thou shalt not Steal.
As the Holiness of God sets him against Uncleanness, Thou shalt not commit Adultery, so the Justice of God sets him against Rapine and Robbery, Thou shalt not steal. The thing forbidden in the Commandment, is, meddling with another Man's Propriety, Thou shalt not steal. The Civil Lawyers define Furtum, Stealth or Theft, to be, the laying Hands unjustly on that which is another's: The invading another's Right.
As the Holiness of God sets him against Vncleanness, Thou shalt not commit Adultery, so the Justice of God sets him against Rapine and Robbery, Thou shalt not steal. The thing forbidden in the Commandment, is, medling with another Man's Propriety, Thou shalt not steal. The Civil Lawyers define Furtum, Stealth or Theft, to be, the laying Hands unjustly on that which is anothers: The invading anothers Right.
Quest. 1. Whence doth Theft arise?