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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
Appendix › Christs various fullness.Appendix › Christs various fulness.
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.
2. If Jesus Christ be all, then make sure of Christ; Branch. 2 never leave trading in Ordinances, till you have gotten this pearl of price; in Christ there is the accumulation of all good things; oh then let not your souls be quiet, till this bundle of myrrh lie between your breasts, Cant. 1.13. In other things we strive for a propriety; This house is mine, these jewels are mine, and why not this ⟨p. 432⟩Christ is mine? There are only two words which will satisfy the soul, Deity and Propriety: Quid est Deus, si non est meus? saith Austin. What was it the better for the old world they had an Ark, as long as they did not get into the Ark? And that I may persuade all to get Christ, let me show you what an enriching blessing Christ is.
2. If Jesus Christ be all, then make sure of Christ; Branch. 2 never leave trading in Ordinances, till you have gotten this pearle of price; in Christ there is the accumulation of all good things; oh then let not your souls be quiet, till this bundle of myrrhe lie between your breasts, Cant. 1.13. In other things we strive for a propriety; This house is mine, these jewels are mine, and why not this ⟨p. 432⟩Christ is mine? There are only two words which will satisfie the soul, Deity and Propriety: Quid est Deus, si non est meus? saith Austin. What was it the better for the old world they had an Ark, as long as they did not get into the Ark? And that I may perswade all to get Christ, let me shew you what an enriching blessing Christ is.
1. Christ is bonum transcendens, a supreme good; put what you will in the balance with Christ, he doth infinitely out-weigh. Is life sweet? Christ is better! he is the life of the soul,