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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
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.
SECT. 1,
Wherein the Saints glorified may be compared to Kings.
Kings have their insignia or regalia, their ensigns of Royalty and Majesty.
KIngs have their insignia or regalia, their ensignes of Royalty and Majesty.
1. Kings have their Crowns; so the Saints after death §1have their Crown-royal, Rev. 2.10. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Believers are not only pardoned, but crowned; *the Crown is an ensign of honour. A Crown is not for every one, it will not fit every head; it is only for Kings and persons of renown to wear, Psal. 21.3. The Crown which the poor in spirit shall wear in heaven, is an honourable Crown; God himself installs them into their honour, and sets the Crown-royal upon their head. And this Crown the Saints shall wear, which is divinely orient and illustrious, exceeds all other.