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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.
Branch. 1 1. Let us prove our selves to be the children of God; there are many false and unscriptural evidences.
1. Saith one, the gravest Divines in the Country think me to be godly, and can they be mistaken? Are the seers blind?
Answ. Others can but see thy outward carriage and deportment; if that be fair, they by the rule of charity judge well of thee; but what saith God and conscience? ⟨p. 343⟩Are these thy Compurgators? Art thou a Saint in Gods Calendar? 'tis a poor thing to have an applauding world, and an accusing conscience.
Answ. Others can but see thy outward carriage and deportment; if that be fair, they by the rule of charity judge well of thee; but what saith God and conscience? ⟨p. 343⟩Are these thy Compurgators? Art thou a Saint in Gods Kal•nder? 'tis a poor thing to have an applauding world, and an accusing conscience.