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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.
And, are not Gospel-commands easy in comparison of hell-torments? what doth Christ command? he bids you repent; is it not better to weep for sin, then bleed for it? Christ bids you pray in your families & closets; is not praying better than roaring? he bids you sanctify the Sabbath; is it not better to keep an holy rest to the Lord, than to be for ever without rest? Hell is a restless place, there is no intermission of torment for one minute of an hour. I appeal to the consciences of men. Are not Christs commands sweet and facile in comparison of the unsupportable pains of reprobates? is not obeying better than damning? are not the cords of love better than the chains of darkness?
And, are not Gospel-commands easie in comparison of hell-torments? what doth Christ command? he bids you repent; is it not better to weep for sin, then bleed for it? Christ bids you pray in your families & closets; is not praying better than roaring? he bids you sanctifie the Sabbath; is it not better to keep an holy rest to the Lord, than to be for ever without rest? Hell is a restlesse place, there is no intermission of torment for one minute of an hour. I appeal to the consciences of men. Are not Christs commands sweet and facil in comparison of the unsupportable pains of reprobates? is not obeying better than damning? are not the cords of love better than the chains of darknesse?
4. Gospel-commands are not grievous, compared with Compari. 4 the glo•y of heaven. What an infinite disproportion is there between service and reward? What are all the Saints labours, and travels in Religion, compared with the crown of recompense? The weight of glory makes duty light.
4. Gospel-commands are not grievous, compared with Compari. 4 the glo•y of heaven. What an infinite disproportion is there between service and reward? What are all the Saints labours, and travels in Religion, compared with the crown of recompence? The weight of glory makes duty light.