A96093:1790
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.
2. Grace hath a soul-enriching excellency. 1 Cor. 1. Excellency. 2 5. [Greek or Hebrew], ye are enriched in all knowledge. As the Sun enricheth the world with its golden beams, so doth knowledge bespangle and enrich the mind*. Faith is an enriching grace, Jam. 2.5. Rich in faith; plus fulget fides quam aurum; faith brings Christs riches into the soul, it entitles to the promises; the promises are full of heavenly riches, Justification, Adoption, Glory: Faith is the key that unlocks this Cabinet of the promises, and empties out their treasure into the soul. The riches of grace excel all other riches, the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, Prov. 3.14.
2. Grace hath a soul-enriching excellency. 1 Cor. 1. Excellency. 2 5. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, ye are enriched in all knowledge. As the Sun enricheth the world with its golden beams, so doth knowledge bespangle and enrich the mind*. Faith is an enriching grace, Jam. 2.5. Rich in faith; plus fulget fides quam aurum; faith brings Christs riches into the soul, it intitles to the promises; the promises are full of heavenly riches, Justification, Adoption, Glory: Faith is the key that unlocks this Cabinet of the promises, and empties out their treasure into the soul. The riches of grace excell all other riches, the merchandize of it is better than the merchandize of silver, Prov. 3.14.
- *Vera divitiae non opes sunt, sed virtutes. Bern.