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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
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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.
Quest. 2. How many sorts of Theft are there?
Res. I. There is a stealing from God; and so they are Thieves who rob any part of God's Day from him. —Remember to keep holy the Sabbath-day—Not a pa•t of the Day only, but the Whole Day must be dedicated to God. And lest any should forget this, the Lord hath prefixed a Memento, Remember. Therefore to cut God short, and after Morning Sacrifice, to spend the other part of the Sabbath in Vanity and Pleasure; this is Spiritual Thievery, 'tis to rob God of his Due; and the very Heathens will rise up in Judgment against such Christians. For the Heathens (as Macrobius notes) did observe a whole Day to their False Gods.
II. There is a stealing from Others. (1.) A stealing away their Souls; and so Heretics are Thieves: By robbing Men of the Truth, they rob them of their Souls. (2.) A stealing away their Money and Goods from them. And under this Head of stealing away others Money, there may be several arraigned for Thieves.
II. There is a stealing from Others. (1.) A stealing away their Souls; and so Hereticks are Thieves: By robbing Men of the Truth, they rob them of their Souls. (2.) A stealing away their Money and Goods from them. And under this Head of stealing away others Money, there may be several arraigned for Thieves.