Does this Collection contain the REAL "Body of Divinity" by Thomas Watson? Which I think is this.
I just want to get the right thing, there being manifold bodies of divinity.
Thanks.
Yes, it's contained in the first volume listed in the set, along with some sermons and treatises.
The original "Body of Divinity" was split into three volumes by the Banner of Truth: Body of Divinity, Ten Commandments, and The Lord's Prayer.
The Logos "Body of Divinity" in the Thomas Watson collection, contains all three.
The Banner edition differs from the Logos edition in that it has slightly updated language ('does' instead of 'doth'), and has slightly different chapter divisions. Other than that, however, the content appears the same.
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The following quote is from the "Brief Memoir Of Thomas Watson" compiled by C. H. Spurgeon (which I believe is in the edition published by the Banner):
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All editions extant which we have seen, abound in errors and imperfections. These have been rectified, not entirely we fear, but in a degree as nearly approaching to accuracy as in revision of another's composition could be expected. No alteration of sentiment has been made, but every shade of the author's meaning has been scrupulously retained. The style has been modernised, so far as could be done without detracting from its own peculiar characteristics. Long sentences have been divided into two or three, where it could be done without injury to the clearness or force of the signification. Modern words have been substituted for such as had become obsolete; Latin quotations restored to their correct form, as far as their sources could be ascertained; and divisions of subjects more perspicuously arranged. The whole, in fact, has been rendered more readable, and consequently more attractive and intelligible, which in our estimation far outweighs all the supposed advantages that could arise from perpetuating the crudities and vulgarities, as they now appear to us, of former times. By popularising ancient works, their readers are multiplied and their meaning may often be more readily apprehended'.
OT: How do you report a typo in the TOC?
Thanks, everyone,
