A65285:2518
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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4. To rob the Widow and Orphan, Exod. 22.22. Ye shall not afflict the Widow or Fatherless: Peccatum clamans: If they cry unto me I will surely hear them.
5. To Rob the Poor. How did David disdain that the Rich Man should take away the poor Man's Lamb! As the Lord lives he shall surely die, 2 Sam. 12.5. What is the Enclosing of Commons, but robbing of the Poor?
III. There is a stealing from a Man's Self. A Man may be a Thief to himself.
Quest. How so?
Resp. 1. By Niggardliness. The Niggard is a Thief, he steals from himself, in that he doth not allow himself what is fitting. He thinks that lost which is bestowed upon himself. He robs himself of Necessaries.