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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.
Quest. 1. Whence doth Theft arise?
Resp. 1. The Internal Causes are, (1.) Unbelief. A Man hath an high Distrust of God's Providence. Can God prepare a Table in the Wilderness? Psalm 78.19. So saith the Unbeliever, Can God spread a Table for me? No, he cannot. Therefore he is resolved he will spread a Table for himself, but it shall be of other Mens Cost, and both first and second Course shall be served in with stolen Goods. (2.) Covetousness. The Greek Word for Covetousness, [Greek or Hebrew], signifies an immoderate Desire of Getting. This is the Root of Theft. A Man covets more than his own, and this Itch of Covetousness makes him scratch what he can from another. Achan's covetous Humour made him steal the Wedge of Gold, which Wedge did cleave asunder his Soul from God, Josh. 7.21.
Resp. 1. The Internal Causes are, (1.) Vnbelief. A Man hath an high Distrust of God's Providence. Can God prepare a Table in the Wilderness? Psalm 78.19. So saith the Unbeliever, Can God spread a Table for me? No, he cannot. Therefore he is resolved he will spread a Table for himself, but it shall be of other Mens Cost, and both first and second Course shall be served in with stollen Goods. (2.) Covetousness. The Greek Word for Covetousness, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, signifies an immoderate Deisre of Getting. This is the Root of Theft. A Man covets more than his own, and this Itch of Covetousness makes him scratch what he can from another. Achan's covetous Humour made him steal the Wedge of Gold, which Wedge did cleave asunder his Soul from God, Iosh. 7.21.