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A complete body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the…A compleat body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the…
A complete body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the Assembly's Shorter catechism wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are unfolded, their truth confirmed, their excellence displayed, their usefulness improved; contrary errors & vices refuted & exposed, objections answered, controversies settled, cases of conscience resolved; and a great light thereby reflected on the present age. / By the Reverend & learned Samuel Willard, M.A. late Pastor of the South Church in Boston, and vice-president of Harvard College in Cambridge, in New-England. ; Prefaced by the pastors of the same church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]A compleat body of divinity in two hundred and fifty expository lectures on the Assembly's Shorter catechism wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are unfolded, their truth confirm'd, their excellence display'd, their usefulness improv'd; contrary errors & vices refuted & expos'd, objections answer'd, controversies settled, cases of conscience resolv'd; and a great light thereby reflected on the present age. / By the Reverend & learned Samuel Willard, M.A. late Pastor of the South Church in Boston, and vice-president of Harvard College in Cambridge, in New-England. ; Prefac'd by the pastors of the same church. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
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AN EXPOSITION OF THE ASSEMBLY's SHORTER CATECHISM: IN Two Hundred a… › Sermon 36 (Question 9 cont.)
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HENCE it is of a congregating nature, which is by virtue of its Coldness, which contracts and draws things together; as the Fire separates them. The Benefits of this Element are great; not only in the Composition of Bodies, but also in that it affords us a great part of our Nutriment: It quencheth our Thirst, it supplies the Farth with Fertility, it affords Traffic and Commerce among Men
HENCE it is of a congregatin• nature, which is by vertue of its Coldness, which contracts and draws things together; as the Fire separates them. The Benefits of this Element are great; not only in the Composition of Bodies, but also in that it affords us a great part of our Nutriment: It quencheth our Thirst, it supplies the Farth with Fertility, it affords Trassick and Commerce among Men
2. THE Earth is a lower Element most dry: Hence from this Quality it received its Name; Gen. 1.19 And God called the Dry Land, Earth. This is the lowest of all, and therefore is the Centre of the World, and by virtue of its Dryness, it is inclined to keep its own Figure & Bounds; in which respect it is most contrary to the Air which, by reason of its moisture, gives way to every other Body: And by virtue of this it is a ⟨p. 116⟩[…] f•• the •••atares to walk upon; and hence the usual Name in Scripture, comes of a Word that signifies, to tread upon; but for which Man could have no Habitation in it.
2. THE Earth is a lower Element most dry: Hence from this Quality it received its Name; Gen. 1.19 And God called the Dry Land, Earth. This is the lowest of all, and therefore is the Center of the World, and by vertue of its Dryness, it is inclined to keep its own Figure & Bounds; in which respect it is most contrary to the Air which, by reason of its moisture, gives way to every other Body: And by ertue of this it is a