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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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Resp. Besides that, 'twas against an infinite God, it was Malum complexum, a voluminous Sin, there were many Sins twisted together in it: As Cicero saith of Parricide, He who is guilty of it, Plurima committit peccata in uno, he commits many Sins in one. So there were many Sins in this one Sin of Adam. A big-bellied Sin, a Chain with many Links, ten Sins in it, 1. Incredulity; our first Parents did not believe what God had spoken was truth. God said, They should die the death in the day they eat of that tree. They believed not that they should die; they could no• be persuaded that such fair Fruit had Death at the Core. Thus by Unbelief they made God a Liar; nay, which was worse, they believed the Devil rather then God.
Resp. Besides that, 'twas against an infinite God, it was Malum complexum, a voluminous Sin, there were many Sins twisted together in it: As Cicero saith of Parricide, He who is guilty of it, Plurima committit peccata in uno, he commits many Sins in one. So there were many Sins in this one Sin of Adam. A big-bellied Sin, a Chain with many Links, ten Sins in it, 1. Incredulity; our first Parents did not believe what God had spoken was truth. God said, They should die the death in the day they eat of that tree. They believed not that they should die; they could no• be perswaded that such fair Fruit had Death at the Core. Thus by Unbelief they made God a Lyer; nay, which was worse, they believed the Devil rather then God.
2. Unthankfulness, which is the Epitome of all Sin. Adam's Sin was committed in the midst of Paradise: God had enriched him with Variety of Mercies; he had stamped his own Image upon him; he had made him Lord of the World, gave him of all the Trees of the Garden to eat (one only excepted) and now to take of that Tree! This was high Ingratitude; this was like the Dye to the Wool, which made it Crimson. When Adam's Eyes were opened, and he saw what he had done, well might he be ashamed, and hide himself, to sin in the midst of Paradise: How could he look God in the Face without Blushing?