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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 › The preciousness of the Soul.Appendix › The preciousnesse of the Soul.
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. The terms of this purchase, he shall lose his soul. not that his soul shall be annihilated (that were happy) but he shall lose the end of his creation; he shall miss of glory, he shall lose his soul. And the loss of the soul is amplified by two things.
4. The tearms of this purchase, he shall lose his soul. not that his soul shall be annihilated (that were happy) but he shall lose the end of his creation; he shall misse of glory, he shall lose his soul. And the losse of the soul is amplified by two things.
First, the Propriety, his own soul, that which is nearest to him, that which is most himself; subjectum á praestantiori, the soul is the most noble part, it is the man of the man, he shall lose his own soul.
Secondly, the irrecoverableness of the loss, [Greek or Hebrew]; What shall a man give in exchange for his soul? The words are a Meiosis, there is less said, and more intended. What shall he give? as if Christ had said, alas, he hath nothing to give; or if he had something to give, yet nothing will be taken for it; the soul cannot be exchanged, there shall be no bail, or mainprize taken for it. What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Secondly, the irrecoverablenesse of the losse, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; What shall a man give in exchange for his soul? The words are a Miosis, there is lesse said, and more intended. What shall he give? as if Christ had said, alas, he hath nothing to give; or if he had something to give, yet nothing will be taken for it; the soul cannot be exchanged, there shall be no bail, or mainprize taken for it. What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?