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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.
6. Make Christ all in your joy. Gal. 6.14. God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Luke 1.47. My spirit rejoiceth in God my Saviour. The Virgin Mary did not so much rejoice that she was Christs Mother, as that Christ was her Saviour; she did not so much rejoice that Christ was conceived in her womb, as that he was formed in her heart; how glad was Simeon when he had taken Christ in his arms! Luke ⟨p. 449⟩2.29. How cheerful may that man be who hath taken Christ in the arms of his faith? The wise men when they saw the star, rejoiced with exceeding great joy, Matth. 2.10. O Christian, hast thou seen the Lord Jesus? hath this morning Star shined into thy heart with its enlightening, quickening beams? then rejoice, and be exceeding glad. Shall others rejoice in the world, and will not you rejoice in Christ? how much better is he than all other things? God hath given the men of the world a Crutch to lean on, he hath given thee a Christ to lean on; oh rejoice in Christ! Shall the Malefactor rejoice, and shall not the Favourite rejoice? it reflects disparagement upon Christ when his Saints are sad and drooping; is not Christ yours, what would you have more?
6. Make Christ all in your joy. Gal. 6.14. God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Luke 1.47. My spirit rejoyceth in God my Saviour. The Virgin Mary did not so much rejoyce that she was Christs Mother, as that Christ was her Saviour; she did not so much rejoyce that Christ was conceived in her womb, as that he was formed in her heart; how glad was Simeon when he had taken Christ in his arms! Luke ⟨p. 449⟩