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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Rom. 5.12. By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, &c.

Rom. 5.12. By one man sin entred into the world, and death by sin, &c.

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Adam being a Representative Person, he standing, we stood, and he falling, we fell: we sinned in Adam; so it is in the Text, [Greek or Hebrew], in whom all have sinned.

Adam being a Representative Person, he standing, we stood, and he falling, we fell: we sinn'd in Adam; so it is in the Text, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, in whom all have sinned.

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Adam was the Head of Mankind, and he being guilty, we are guilty, as the Children of a Traitor have their Blood stained: Omnes unus ille Adam fuerunt, Aug. All of us, saith Austin, sinned in Adam, because we were part of Adam.

Adam was the Head of Mankind, and he being guilty, we are guilty, as the Children of a Traytor have their Blood stained: Omnes unus ille Adam fuerunt, Aug. All of us, saith Austin, sinn'd in Adam, because we were part of Adam.

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