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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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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.
(1.) The High-way Thief, who takes a Purse contrary to the Letter of this Commandment, Lev. 19.13. Thou shalt not rob thy Neighbour. Mark 10.19. [Greek or Hebrew], Do not steal. This is not the Violence which takes the Kingdom of Heaven,