Thomas Watson (c. 1620–1686) was an English Puritan preacher, long minister at St Stephen's, Walbrook, in London, and one of the ejected ministers of 1662. Watson combined clear doctrine with vivid, memorable illustration and searching application. His Body of Divinity — sermons on the Westminster Shorter Catechism — together with The Beatitudes and The Ten Commandments, has kept him among the most readable of all the Puritan writers.
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Thomas Watson's exposition of the Ten Commandments, forming part of his Body of Divinity and published in 1692. Commandment by commandment, Watson explains the duties required and the sins forbidden, applying each one closely to the conscience and daily life. It shows the Puritan gift for making the moral law both searching and practical for ordinary Christians.