A96093:1850
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.
6. Keep thy heart as thou wouldst keep a Watch. The heart will be unwinding to the earth, therefore wind it up every morning and evening by prayer; the motion of a Watch is not constant; sometimes it goes faster, sometimes slower; so it is with the heart, sometimes it goes faster in vanity, and slower in duty; therefore set this spiritual Watch by the Sun-dial of the Word.
6. Keep thy heart as thou wouldst keep a Watch. The heart will be unwinding to the earth, therefore wind it up every morning and evening by prayer; the motion of a Watch is not constant; sometimes it goes faster, sometimes slower; so it is with the heart, sometimes it goes faster in vanity, and slower in duty; therefore set this spiritual Watch by the Sun-dyal of the Word.
12. The heart must be kept at all times.
- 12. Keep the heart at all times.
1. Keep thy heart when thou art alone; it was Satan's subtlety to set upon Eve when she was alone, and less able to resist; he is like a cunning Suitor, that woes the daughter ⟨p. 535⟩when her Parents are from home; the Devil breaks over the hedge commonly where it is weakest. I confess privacy and retirement is good; had a Christian a fruitful heart, what sweet thoughts might he have of God when he is alone*