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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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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.
USE 1. HERE also the Wisdom & Goodness of God further commend themselves to us. His Wisdom in the various mixing the same Matter into so many Forms & Kinds; some so excellent, o••ers so mean; Wisdom in putting into each of these a particular Goodness, and making it some way or other serviceable: Some for Ornament, others for Improvement, and Utensils, for the Comfort & Convenience of Man; Some for the advantage of Commerce; Others for Medicine: The course Iron, dull & heavy Lead, are as necessary as the purer Gold and Silver: Pebbles have their service not less than Jewels. His Goodness also in laying in so liberally of this Provision for the Use of Man; not merely for his Necessity, in such things without which his Life would be very uncomfortable; nor meetly for his Convenience, in these portable Metals by whi traffic is rend red more easy; but also for […] Delight, in pleasing their childish Age with […] things, as when they are come to perfect Age, they will as much despise, as Men do Children's baubles.