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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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2. Original sin hath defiled the heart: the heart is mortiferum junius, deadly wicked, Jer. 17.9. It is a lesser Hell: in the heart are Legions of Lusts, obdurateness, infidelity, hypocrisy, sinful aestuations, it boils as the Sea with Passion and Revenge. Madness is in their heart while they live, Eccles. 9.3. the heart is Officina Diaboli, the Devil's Shop or Work-house, where all Mischief is framed.
2. Original sin hath defiled the heart: the heart is mortiferum junius, deadly wicked, Ier. 17.9. It is a lesser Hell: in the heart are Legions of Lusts, obdurateness, infidelity, hypocrisy, sinful aestuations, it boils as the Sea with Passion and Revenge. Madness is in their heart while they live, Eccles. 9.3. the heart is Officina Diaboli, the Devil's Shop or Work-house, where all Mischief is framed.
3. The Will. Contumacy, it is the Seat of Rebellion: the sinner crosseth God's will to fulfil his own, Jer. 44.17. We will burn Incense to the Queen of Heaven. There is a rooted enmity in the will against Holiness; it is like an Iron sinew, it refuseth to bend to God. Where is then the freedom of the will? when it is so full, not only of indisposition, but opposition to what is Spiritual.
3. The Will. Contumacy, it is the Seat of Rebellion: the sinner crosseth God's will to fulfil his own, Ier. 44.17. We will burn Incense to the Queen of Heaven. There is a rooted enmity in the will against Holiness; it is like an Iron sinew, it refuseth to bend to God. Where is then the freedom of the will? when it is so full, not only of indisposition, but opposition to what is Spiritual.