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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.
3. To suffer as Christians, is to suffer with cheerfulness. Patience is a bearing the Cross, cheerfulness is a taking up the Cross. Christ suffered for us cheerfully, his death was a free-will offering; Luke 12.50.*. He thirsted to drink of that cup of blood; such must our sufferings be for Christ; Cheerfulness perfumes Martyrdom, and makes it the sacrifice of a sweet-smelling savour to God. Thus Moses suffered cheerfully, Hebr. 11.24, 25. Moses when he was come to years, chose rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. Observe,
3. To suffer as Christians, is to suffer with chearfulness. Patience is a bearing the Cross, chearfulness is a taking up the Cross. Christ suffered for us chearfully, his death was a free-will offering; Luke 12.50.*. He thirsted to drink of that cup of blood; such must our sufferings be for Christ; Chearfulness perfumes Martyrdom, and makes it the sacrifice of a sweet-smelling savour to God. Thus Moses suffered chearfully, Hebr. 11.24, 25. Moses when he was come to years, chose rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. Observe,
- *Sanguinem suum patri obtulet tanquam sacrificium [Greek or Hebrew].Sanguinem suum patri obtulet tanquam sacrificium 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.