Luther and Calvin Brigade 914: THOMAS WATSON ON ABHORRING SIN

Sunday, July 28, 2019

THOMAS WATSON ON ABHORRING SIN

A regenerate person abhors sin not only for the curse but for the contagion. He hates this serpent not only for its sting but for its poison. He hates sin not only for hell but as hell. – Thomas Watson

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Thomas Watson, the Puritan (traditional print)

Gallery of famous Puritans: Thomas Gouge, William Bridge, Thomas Manton, John Flavel, Thomas Goodwin, Stephen Charnock, William Bates, John Owen, John Howe, Richard Baxter and Dorothy Dear even though she isn't in the picture

Thomas Watson (c. 1620 – 1686) was an English, Nonconformist, Puritan preacher and author.

He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was noted for remarkably intense study. In 1646 he commenced a sixteen-year pastorate at St. Stephen's, Walbrook. He showed strong Presbyterian views during the civil war, with, however, an attachment to the king, and in 1651 he was imprisoned briefly with some other ministers for his share in Christopher Love's plot to recall Charles II of England. He was released on 30 June 1652, and was formally reinstated as vicar of St. Stephen's Walbrook. He obtained great fame and popularity as a preacher until the Restoration, when he was ejected for Nonconformity. Notwithstanding the rigor of the acts against dissenters, Watson continued to exercise his ministry privately as he found opportunity. Upon the Declaration of Indulgence in 1672 he obtained a licence to preach at the great hall in Crosby House. After preaching there for several years, his health gave way, and he retired to Barnston, Essex, where he died suddenly while praying in secret. He was buried on 28 July 1686.