A65285:2563
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. A Man may be said to be given to Covetousness, when all his Discourse is about the World. John 3.31. He that is of the Earth, speaketh of the Earth: As it is a sign of Godliness to be still speaking of Heaven, to have the Tongue tuned to the Language of Canaan. Eccles. 10.12. The Words of a wise Man's Mouth are gracious. He speaks as if he had been already in Heaven. So a sign of a Man given to Covetousness, he is speaking of Secular things, his Wares and Drugs. A covetous Man's Breath, like a Dying Man's, smells strong of the Earth. As they said to Peter, Thy Speech bewrayeth thee, Matth. 26.73. So a covetous Man's Speech bewrayeth him. He is like the Fish in the Gospel, which had a Piece of Money in the Mouth, Matth. 17.27. Verba sunt Speculum mentis. Bern. The Words are the Looking-glass of the Heart, they show what is within. Ex abundantia cordis.
3. A Man may be said to be given to Covetousness, when all his Discourse is about the World. Iohn 3.31. He that is of the Earth, speaketh of the Earth: As it is a sign of Godliness to be still speaking of Heaven, to have the Tongue tuned to the Language of Canaan. Eccles. 10.12. The Words of a wise Man's Mouth are gracious. He speaks as if he had been already in Heaven. So a sign of a Man given to Covetousness, he is speaking of Secular things, his Wares and Drugs. A covetous Man's Breath, like a Dying Man's, smells strong of the Earth. As they said to Peter, Thy Speech bewrayeth thee, Matth. 26.73. So a covetous Man's Speech bewrayeth him. He is like the Fish in the Gospel, which had a Piece of Money in the Mouth, Matth. 17.27. Verba sunt Speculum mentis. Bern. The Words are the Looking-glass of the Heart, they show what is within. Ex abundantia cordis.