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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. Love nothing but Christ; love is the choicest affection, it is the purest stream of the soul, it is the richest jewel the creature hath to bestow; oh if Christ be all, love him better than all; let your Rivers still run into this golden Sea. Every mans heart is set upon his treasure; in Christ there are unsearchable riches, Ephes. 3.8. Though the Angels have lived so long in heaven, yet to this day they know not how rich Christ is. Take the most precious pearl or Diamond that is, and the Jeweller can set the full value of it; he can say, This is worth so much, and no more; but the riches of Christ are unsearchable, it cannot be said he is worth so much, and ⟨p. 446⟩no more; neither man or Angel are able to set the full value of the pearl of price; and shall not Jesus Christ lie nearest our hearts? shall he not have the cream of our love?
2. Love nothing but Christ; love is the choycest affection, it is the purest stream of the soul, it is the richest jewel the creature hath to bestow; oh if Christ be all, love him better than all; let your Rivers still run into this golden Sea. Every mans heart is set upon his treasure; in Christ there are unsearchable riches, Ephes. 3.8. Though the Angels have lived so long in heaven, yet to this day they know not how rich Christ is. Take the most precious pearle or Diamond that is, and the Jeweller can set the full value of it; he can say, This is worth so much, and no more; but the riches of Christ are unsearchable, it cannot be said he is worth so much, and ⟨p. 446⟩no more; neither man or Angel are able to set the full value of the pearle of price; and shall not Jesus Christ lie nearest our hearts? shall he not have the cream of our love?
Consider 1. If you love other things, when they dye your love is lost; but Christ lives for ever to requite your love.