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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]
printed by B. Green and S. Kneeland for B. Eliot and D. Henchman, 1726
AN EXPOSITION OF THE ASSEMBLY's SHORTER CATECHISM: IN Two Hundred a… › Sermon 37 (Question 9 cont.)
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OF these Minerals some are accounted more •••try, vis. 1. Metals; and these are either more Pare, such as Gold and Silver; These are two adored Metals with which the God of this World seduceth Men into Idolatry; Or more Impure, as Iron, Copper, Tin & Lead, which are very serviceable for the Use of Men. 2. Mineral Juices, such as Brimstone, Alum, &c.
OF these Minerals some are accoauted more •••try, vis. 1. Metals; and these are either more Pare, such as Gold and Silver; These are two adored Metals with which the God of this World seduceth Men into Idolatry; Or more Impure, as Iron, Copper, Tin & Lead, which are very serviceable for the Use of Men. 2. Mineral Juices, such as Brimstone, Allom, &c.
SOME are more Earthy, as, 1. Stones, some whereof are esteemed Precious; and whether for Colour, Rarity, or curious Composure, are adorned and used for Ornament; Or Common, which lye in the Streets without being regarded. 2. Precious kinds of Earth, such as Terra Sig•llat•, Arme•••a, &c. These were at first made in the Earth, and its womb was then impregnated, and made Frui•• of them, which are continually generated by Influence of the Sun, on the Places naturally adapted for them.
SOME are more Earthy, as, 1. Stones, some whereof are esteemed Precious; and whether for Colour, Rarity, or curious Composure, are adornized and used for Ornament; Or Comman, which lye in the Streets without being regarded. 2. Precious kinds of Earth, such as Terra Sig•llat•, Arme•••a, &c. These were at first made in the Earth, and its womb was then impregnated, and made Frui•• of them, which are continually generated by Influence of the Sun, on the Places naturally adapted for them.