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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.
It exceeds, 1. In the Founder and Maker; other Kingdoms have men for their builders, but this Kingdom hath God for its builder: Hebr. 11.10. Heaven is said to be made without hands, 2 Cor. 5.1. to show the excellency of it; neither Man or Angel could ever lay stone in this building; God doth erect this Kingdom; its Builder and Maker is God.
It exceeds, 1. In the Founder and Maker; other Kingdoms have men for their builders, but this Kingdom hath God for its builder: Hebr. 11.10. Heaven is said to be made without hands, 2 Cor. 5.1. to shew the excellency of it; neither Man or Angel could ever lay stone in this building; God doth erect this Kingdom; its Builder and Maker is God.
2. This Kingdom excels in the Riches of it; gold doth no so much surpass iron, as this Kingdom doth all other riches; the gates are of pearl, Rev. 21.21. And the foundations of it are garnished with all precious stones, Ver. 19. 'Tis enough for Cabinets to have pearl; but were gates of pearl ever heard of before? 'tis said Kings shall throw down thei• Crowns and Sceptres before it, Rev. 4.10. as counting all their glory and riches but dust in comparison of it; this Kingdom hath Deity it self to enrich it, and these riches are such as cannot be weighed in the balance; neither the heart of man can conceive, nor the tongue of Angel §3express.