A65285:2567
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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Use. Take heed and beware of Covetousness, Luke 12.15. It is a direct Breach of this Tenth Commandment. Covetousness is a Moral Vice, it infects and pollutes the whole Soul. The Sin,
Vse. Take heed and beware of Covetousness, Luke 12.15. It is a direct Breach of this Tenth Commandment. Covetousness is a Moral Vice, it infects and pollutes the whole Soul. The Sin,
(1.) It is a Subtle Sin, a Sin that many do not so well discern in themselves: As some have the Scurvy, yet do not know it. This Sin can dress it self in the Attire of Virtue. It is called the Cloak of Covetousness, 1 Thess. 2.5. Covetousness is a Sin that wears a Cloak, it cloaks it self under the Name of Frugality ⟨p. 384⟩and good Husbandry. It hath many Pleas and Excuses for it self, more than any other Sin, as, the providing for ones Family. The more subtle the Sin is, the less discernible.
(1.) It is a Subtile Sin, a Sin that many do not so well discern in themselves: As some have the Scurvy, yet do not know it. This Sin can dress it self in the Attire of Vertue. It is called the Cloak of Covetousness, 1 Thess. 2.5. Covetousness is a Sin that wears a Cloak, it cloaks it self under the Name of Frugality ⟨p. 384⟩and good Husbandry. It hath many Pleas and Excuses for it self, more than any other Sin, as, the providing for ones Family. The more subtile the Sin is, the less discernable.