A96093:1735
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.
Answ. 2 2. Thou that sayest thou art not within Christs Commission; read over Christs Commission, see who he comes to heal. Luke 4.18. He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted. Hath God touched thy heart with remorse? dost thou lay to heart thy Gospel-unkindnesses? dost thou weep more out of love to Christ, than fear of hell? then thou art a broken-hearted sinner, and art within Christs Commission; a bleeding Christ will heal a broken heart.
Object. 3 3. Objection. But my sins are so many, that sure I shall never be healed, I am sick of many diseases at once?
Answ. Answ. Thou hast the more need of a Physician; one would think that was a strange speech of Peter to Christ, Luke 5.8. Depart from me, for I am a sinful man O Lord; rather, Lord come near to me. Is it a good Argument to say to a Physician, I am diseased, therefore depart from me? No, therefore come and heal me. Our sins should serve to humble us, not to beat us from Christ. I tell you, if we had no diseases, Christ would have no work to do in the world.
Answ. Answ. Thou hast the more need of a Physitian; one would think that was a strange speech of Peter to Christ, Luke 5.8. Depart from me, for I am a sinful man O Lord; rather, Lord come near to me. Is it a good Argument to say to a Physitian, I am diseased, therefore depart from me? No, therefore come and heal me. Our sins should serve to humble us, not to beat us from Christ. I tell you, if we had no diseases, Christ would have no work to do in the world.