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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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I. The Original of Sin, whence it comes: It fetcheth its Pedigree from Hell; Sin is of the Devil, 1 John 3.8. He that committeth sin is of the Devil. Satan was the first Actor of sin, and the first Tempter to sin. Sin is the Devils First-born.
I. The Original of Sin, whence it comes: It fetcheth its Pedigree from Hell; Sin is of the Devil, 1 Iohn 3.8. He that committeth sin is of the Devil. Satan was the first Actor of sin, and the first Tempter to sin. Sin is the Devils First-born.
II. Sin is evil in the Nature of it.
1. It is a defiling thing. Sin is not only a Defection, but a Pollution. It is to the Soul as Rust is to Gold, as a Stain is to Beauty. It makes the Soul red with guilt, and black with filth. Sin in Scripture is compared to a menstruous cloth, Isa. 30.22. to a plague sore, 1 Kings 8.38. Joshua's filthy Garments, in which he stood before the Angel, Zach. 3.3. were nothing but a Type and Hieroglyphic of Sin. Sin hath blotted God's Image, and stained the orient brightness of the Soul. Sin makes God loath a sinner, Zach. 11.8. and when a sinner sees his sin, he loathes himself,