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The beatitudes
The beatitudes: or A discourse upon part of Christs famous Sermon on the Mount. Whereunto is added Christs various fullness. The preciousness of the soul. The souls malady and cure. The beauty of grace. The spiritual watch. The heavenly race. The sacred anchor. The trees of righteousness. The perfume of love. The good practitioner. By Thomas Watson, minister of the word at Stephens Walbrook in the city of London.The beatitudes: or A discourse upon part of Christs famous Sermon on the Mount. Wherunto is added Christs various fulnesse. The preciousnesse of the soul. The souls malady and cure. The beauty of grace. The spiritual watch. The heavenly race. The sacred anchor. The trees of righteousnesse. The perfume of love. The good practitioner. By Thomas Watson, minister of the word at Stephens Walbrook in the city of London.
London: printed for Ralph Smith, 1660
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. A term of infamy; such as are illegitimate, are looked upon with disgrace, we call them base-born; Thou who dost ruffle it in thy silks and velvets, but art in the state of nature, thou art illegitimate; God looks upon thee with an eye of scorn and contempt; thou art a vile person, a son of the earth, of the seed of the serpent; the Devil can show as good a Coat of Arms as thou.
1. A term of infamy; such as are illegitimate, are looked upon with disgrace, we call them base-born; Thou who dost ruffle it in thy silks and velvets, but art in the state of nature, thou art illegitimate; God looks upon thee with an eye of scorn and contempt; thou art a vile person, a son of the earth, of the seed of the serpent; the Divel can shew as good a Coat of Armes as thou.
2. This word illegitimate imports infelicity and misery. Persons illegitimate cannot inherit legally; the Land goes only to such as are lawful heirs; till we are the children of God, we have no right to heaven; and there is no way to be children but by faith; Ye are the children of God by faith.
Here two things are to be discussed.