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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.
2. It is lawful to take comfort in estate and relations, Deutr. 26.11. But the heart will be ready here to overshoot▪ how oft is the wife and child laid in Gods room▪ the full stream of the affection runs out to the creature, and scarce a drop of love to Christ; this is the deceit of the heart, it makes us offend most in lawful things; more are killed with wine, than poison; they are afraid of poison, but take wine in the excess. Gross sins affright, but how many surfeit upon lawful things, when we overdo we undo.
2. It is lawful to take comfort in estate and relations, Deutr. 26.11. But the heart will be ready here to overshoot▪ how oft is the wife and childe laid in Gods room▪ the full stream of the affection runs out to the creature, and scarce a drop of love to Christ; this is the deceit of the heart, it makes us offend most in lawful things; more are killed with wine, than poyson; they are afraid of poyson, but take wine in the excess. Gross sins affright, but how many surfeit upon lawful things, when we overdo we undo.
3. The heart will deceive us about things religious.
1. Our duties. 2. Our graces.