A96093:1591
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.
1. Ordinances they are the golden ladder by which the soul climbs up to heaven, they are conduits of the water of life. O how precious should these be to us! they that are against Ordinances, are against being saved.
2. Of how precious account should Ministers be, whose very work is to save souls; their feet should be beautiful.
1. Their labours should be precious; they are [Greek or Hebrew], 2 Cor. 6.1. They labour with God, and they labour for your souls; all their sweat, their tears, their prayers are for you; they woe for your souls, and oftentimes spend their lives in the suit.
1. Their labours should be precious; they are 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, 2 Cor. 6.1. They labour with God, and they labour for your souls; all their sweat, their tears, their prayers are for you; they woe for your souls, and oftentimes spend their lives in the suit.