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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.
4. Keep thy heart humble, 1 Pet. 5.5. That is the best frame of heart, which fits a man for Gods presence; the humble heart is the Valley where God delights to walk; the house where he will take up his residence*, Isa. 57. The humble heart doth sibi ipsi vilescere*, it hath a low esteem of it self, and an high esteem of others, Phil. 4.3. The more humble the heart is, the more fertile in grace; ⟨p. 547⟩those Meadows which lie low, are the richest grounds: Keep thy heart humble, view thy own wants, and others perfections; the impostume of pride kills. The Eagle lifts up the Tortoise into the Air, and then throws her down upon a rock, and breaks her*; so the Devil lifts the heart up in pride, and so destroys it.
4. Keep thy heart humble, 1 Pet. 5.5. That is the best frame of heart, which fits a man for Gods presence; the humble heart is the Valley where God delights to walk; the house where he will take up his residence*, Isa. 57. The humble heart doth sibi ipsi vilescere*, it hath a low esteem of it self, and an high esteem of others, Phil. 4.3. The more humble the heart is, the more fertil in grace; ⟨p. 547⟩