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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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3. He is a Thief to himself, by Idleness, when he misspends his Time. To spend ones Hours in Pleasure and Vanity, this is to rob himself of that precious Time which God hath given him to work out Salvation. Time is a rich Commodity, because on the well spending this present Time, an happy Eternity depends. He that spends his Time idly and vainly, is a Thief to himself; he robs himself of his Golden Seasons, and by consequence of Salvation.
3. He is a Thief to himself, by Idleness, when he mispends his Time. To spend ones Hours in Pleasure ond Vanity, this is to rob himself of that precious Time which God hath given him to work out Salvation. Time is a rich Commodity, because on the well spending this present Time, an happy Eternity depends. He that spends his Time idly and vainly, is a Thief to himself; he robs himself of his Golden Seasons, and by consequence of Salvation.
4. A Man may be a Thief to himself by Suretyship. Prov. 22.26. Be not thou one of them that are Sureties for Debt: The Creditor comes upon the Surety for Debt, and so by paying another's Debt he is a Thief to himself, he undoes himself. Let not any Man say, He should have been counted unkind, if he had not entered into Bonds for his Friend. Better thy Friend count thee unkind, than all Men count thee unwise. Lend another what you can spare; nay, give him if he needs, but never be a Surety. It is no Wisdom for a Man so to help another, as to undo himself. This is to rob himself and his Family.
4. A Man may be a Thief to himself by Suretiship. Prov. 22.26. Be not thou one of them that are Sureties for Debt: The Creditor comes upon the Surety for Debt, and so by paying anothers Debt he is a Thief to himself, he undoes himself. Let not any Man say, He should have been counted unkind, if he had not entred into Bonds for his Friend. Better thy Friend count thee unkind, than all Men count thee unwise. Lend another what you can spare; nay, give him if he needs, but never be a Surety. It is no Wisdom for a Man so to help another, as to undo himself. This is to rob himself and his Family.