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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.
4. Make Christ all in your aims, do all to his glory, 1 Pet. 4.11. Let Christ be the centre to which all the lines of your actions are drawn; the hypocrite pretends Christ, but drives on some self-interest, Hos. 10.1. He is like one who pretends to woe for his friend, but is a suitor for himself. Simon Magus would have given money for the gift of the Holy Ghost, Acts 8.18. but probably the reason was, because he intended to have sold that gift to others; how many make the Name of Christ a stirrup to get into the saddle of honour and preferment? it is well if some have not made the Crown delinquent for its jewels, and the Church for its Lands. The squint-eyed hypocrite is the Devils wind-fall; oh make Christ all in your aims and designs; in every action propound this question, Will this make for the honour of Christ? will this bring any Revenues into his Exchequer? how happy were it if it might be said of us, as the Angel speaks to the two Maries, Matth. 28.5. I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified! If a man doth not take a right aim, he can never hit the mark; he who doth not aim at Gods glory, can never hit the mark of his own salvation.
4. Make Christ all in your aimes, do all to his glory, 1 Pet. 4.11. Let Christ be the center to which all the lines of your actions are drawn; the hypocrite pretends Christ, but drives on some self-interest, Hos. 10.1. He is like one who pretends to woe for his friend, but is a sutor for himself. Simon Magus would have given money for the gift of the Holy Ghost, Acts 8.18. but probably the reason was, because he intended to have sold that gift to others; how many make the Name of Christ a stirrup to get into the saddle of honour and preferment? it is well if some have not made the Crown delinquent for its jewels, and the Church for its Lands. The squintey'd hypocrite is the Divels wind-fall; oh make Christ all in your aimes and designs; in every action propound this question, Will this make for the honour of Christ? will this bring any Revenues into his Exchequer? how happy were it if it might be said of us, as the Angel speaks to the two Maries,