A Body of Practical Divinity

Name: A Body of Practical Divinity
Author: Thomas Watson

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 ...

Thomas Watson d. 1686London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692

[5], iv, 300, 331-544, 801-880, 965-1007, [7] p. · 512k words · Wing W1109 · ESTC R32148

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Concerning SIN.

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1. Sin hath degraded us of our Honour. Reuben by Incest lost his Dignity, and though he were the first-born, he could not excel, Gen. 49.4. God made us in his own Image, a little lower than the Angels, but sin hath debased us. Before Adam sinned he was like an Herald that hath his Coat of Arms upon him, all reverence him because he carries the King's Coat of Arms; but let this Coat be pulled off, and he is despised, no Man regards him. Sin hath done this, it hath plucked off our Coat of Innocency, and now it hath debased us, and turned our glory into shame, Dan. 11.21. And there shall stand up a vile person. This was spoken of Antiochus Epiphanes, who was a King, and his name signifies illustrious, yet sin had degraded him, he was a vile person.

1. Sin hath degraded us of our Honour. Reuben by Incest lost his Dignity, and though he were the first-born, he could not excel, Gen. 49.4. God made us in his own Image, a little lower than the Angels, but sin hath debased us. Before Adam sinned he was like an Herauld that hath his Coat of Arms upon him, all reverence him because he carries the King's Coat of Arms; but let this Coat be pull'd off, and he is despised, no Man regards him. Sin hath done this, it hath pluck'd off our Coat of Innocency, and now it hath debased us, and turned our glory into shame, Dan. 11.21. And there shall stand up a vile person. This was spoken of Antiochus Epiphanes, who was a King, and his name signifies illustrious, yet sin had degraded him, he was a vile person.

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2. Sin disquiets the Peace of the Soul: whatever defiles, disturbs; as Poison tortures the Bowels, corrupts the Blood, so doth Sin the Soul. Isa. 57.21

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