Author : Thomas Stackhouse
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333569075
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (69 download)
Book Synopsis A Complete Body of Divinity (Classic Reprint) by : Thomas Stackhouse
Download or read book A Complete Body of Divinity (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas Stackhouse and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Complete Body of Divinity And as this plenty of water gave great richnefs'to the foil, and fertility to the country 0 fo the wealth and abundance of all things (as mankind is too apt to abufe God's gifts) made So dom and the neighbouring cities very infamous for their wicked. nefs and impiety. The prophet Ezekiel gives us this defcrip tion of them P Behold, this was the iniquity of thy {ifier So dom, pride, fulnefs of bread, and abundance of idlenefs was in her and in her daughters, neither did fhe {trengthen the hand of the poor and needy, but was haughty, and committed abomi. Nation before me; which a Jofephus might have in his eye when he gave us this account of them. The Sodomites, fays he, waxing proud, by reafon of their riches and wealth, grew contumelious towards men, and 'impious towards God; f0 that they were wholly unmindful of the favours they receivedfrom him: they hated (hangers, and burnt in mu tual luff with one another. And certainly the debauchery of the place could admit of no new acceiiion, bur was arrived at its utmoft height, when they could think of abufing {hangers after fo abominable a manner; to which the prophet, with all mo 'dei'ty, feems to allude, when (to reprove the pro igate of his age) he tells them r tha%'hey declare their fin as Sodom, and hide it not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."