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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.
3. Christ is bonum adaequatum, a suitable good; in him dwells [Greek or Hebrew], all fullness, Col. 1.19. He is bonum in quo omnia bona; he is whatever the soul can desire; [Greek or Hebrew], &c. Christ is beauty to adorn, gold to enrich, balm to heal, bread to strengthen, wine to comfort, salvation to crown; Christ is quicquid appetibile; if we are in danger, he is a shield; if we are disconsolate, he is a Sun; he hath enough in his wardrobe abundantly to furnish the soul.
3. Christ is bonum adaequatum, a sutable good; in him dwells 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, all fulness, Col. 1.19. He is bonum in quo omnia bona; he is whatever the soul can desire; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, &c. Christ is beauty to adorn, gold to enrich, balm to heal, bread to strengthen, wine to comfort, salvation to crown; Christ is quicquid appetibile; if we are in danger, he is a shield; if we are disconsolate, he is a Sun; he hath enough in his wardrobe abundantly to furnish the soul.
4. Christ is bonum sanctificans, a sanctifying good; he makes every condition happy to us, he sweetens all our comforts, and sanctifies all our crosses.
1. Christ sweetens all our comforts; he turns them into blessings; health is blessed, estate is blessed, relations are blessed. Christs love is as the pouring sweet water on flowers, which makes them cast a more fragrant perfume. A wicked man cannot have that comfort in outward things as a godly man hath; he may possess more, but he enjoys less; he who hath Christ, may say, This mercy is reached to me by the hand of my Saviour, this is a love-token from him, an earnest of glory.