A96093:1915
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.
Answ. 9 9. If you would have your hearts kept, beg of God that he would keep them for you; set not about this work in your own strength, but look higher, go to God, he is the great Lord-Keeper. Psal. 121.5. The Lord is thy Keeper*; it is good to go always with such a Keeper; this is the reason none of the Saints are lost, because the Lord is their Keeper. 1 Pet. 1.5. Who are kept by the power of God. Every Ward hath a Guardian to keep him; choose God for thy Guardian, they are safe whom God keeps; lock up thy heart with God, and give him the Key.
Answ. 9 9. If you would have your hearts kept, beg of God that he would keep them for you; set not about this work in your own strength, but look higher, go to God, he is the great Lord-Keeper. Psal. 121.5. The Lord is thy Keeper*; it is good to go alwayes with such a Keeper; this is the reason none of the Saints are lost, because the Lord is their Keeper. 1 Pet. 1.5. Who are kept by the power of God. Every Ward hath a Guardian to keep him; choose God for thy Guardan, they are safe whom God keeps; lock up thy heart with God, and give him the Key.
- *Utinam ut mihi semper à dexteris fis, bone Jesus. Bern.Utinam ut mihi semper à dexteris fis, bone Jesu. Bern.