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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. Did God make this World full of Beauty and Glory, every thing very good, then what an evil thing is sin, that hath put out of frame the whole Creation. Sin hath much eclipsed the beauty, soured the sweetness, and marred the harmony of the World. How bitter is that Gall, a drop whereof can embitter a whole Sea. Sin hath brought Vanity and Vexation into the World, yea, a Curse. God cursed the ground for Man's sake, Gen. 3. There were several Fruits of the Curse:
3. Did God make this World full of Beauty and Glory, every thing very good, then what an evil thing is sin, that hath put out of frame the whole Creation. Sin hath much eclipsed the beauty, sowrd the sweetness, and marred the harmony of the World. How bitter is that Gall, a drop whereof can imbitter a whole Sea. Sin hath brought Vanity and Vexation into the World, yea, a Curse. God cursed the ground for Man's sake, Gen. 3. There were several Fruits of the Curse:
1. In sorrow shalt thou eat of it, vers. 17. By that word sorrow, is to be understood all the Troubles and Cares of this Life. 2. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, vers. 19. In Innocency Adam did till the ground, (he must not live idly) but it was rather a delight then a labour; that tilling was without toiling. The eating in sorrow, and the sweat of the brow, came in after sin. 3. Thorns also and Thistles shall the ground bring forth, vers. 18.
Quest. Whether in Innocency did not the Earth bear Thorns, because it is threatened as a punishment?