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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.
7. The seventh sign of Gods children, is, to delight to be much in Gods presence. Children love to be in ⟨p. 309⟩the presence of their father; where the King is, there is the Court; where the presence of God is, there is Heaven; God is in a special manner present in his Ordinances, they are the Ark of his presence: Now if we are children, we love to be much in holy duties; in the use of Ordinances we draw near to God, we come into our Fathers presence; in prayer we have secret conference with God; the soul while it is praying, is as it were parleying with God. In the Word we hear God speaking from heaven to us; and how doth every child of God delight to hear his Fathers voice! In the Sacrament God kisseth his children with the kisses of his lips; he gives them a smile of his face, and a privy-seal of his love; oh it is good to draw near to God, Psal. 73.28. It is sweet being in his presence; every true child of God saith, a day in thy Courts is better than a thousand, Psal. 84.10. Slighters of Ordinances are none of Gods children, because they care not to be in his presence; they love the Tavern better than the Temple. Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, Gen. 4.16. not that he could go out of Gods sight, Psal. 139.7. but the meaning is, Cain went from the Church of God, where the Lord gave visible signs of his presence to his people.
7. The seventh sign of Gods children, is, to delight to be much in Gods presence. Children love to be in ⟨p. 309⟩the presence of their father; where the King is, there is the Court; where the presence of God is, there is Heaven; God is in a special manner present in his Ordinances, they are the Ark of his presence: Now if we are children, we love to be much in holy duties; in the use of Ordinances we draw near to God, we come into our Fathers presence; in prayer we have secret conference with God; the soul while it is praying, is as it were parlying with God. In the Word we hear God speaking from heaven to us; and how doth every childe of God delight to hear his Fathers voyce! In the Sacrament God kisseth his children with the kisses of his lips; he gives them a smile of his face, and a privy-seal of his love; oh it is good to draw near to God,