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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.
Having spoken of the general notion of blessedness, I come next to consider the Subjects of this blessedness, and these our Saviour hath deciphered to be the Poor in Spirit, the mourners, &c. But before I touch upon these, I shall a little Preface or Paraphrase upon this Sermon of the Beatitudes.
HAving spoken of the general notion of blessedness, I come next to consider the Subjects of this blessedness, and these our Saviour hath decyphered to be the Poor in Spirit, the mourners, &c. But before I touch upon these, I shall a little Preface or Paraphrase upon this Sermon of the Beatitudes.
1. Observe the Divinity in this Sermon, which goes beyond all Philosophy; The Philosophers use to say contrarium contrarium expellit, one contrary expels another; but here one contrary begets another; poverty useth to expel riches; but here poverty begets riches; for how rich are they that have a Kingdom? mourning useth to expel joy; but behold here mourning begets joy. They shall be comforted. Water useth to quench the flame, but the water of tears kindles the flame of joy. Persecution useth to expel happiness, but here it makes happy. Blessed are they that are persecuted. These are the sacred Paradoxes in our Saviours Sermon*.
- *Evangelicam Philosophiam à Parado•is inchoavit Dominus. •nd. Cl••.
2. Observe how Christs Doctrine and the opinion of carnal men differ. They think, beati divites, blessed are the rich; The world would count him blessed who could