A96093:1952
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. In other races the Garland is bestowed in a way of merit; but in the Christian-race it is bestowed as a Legacy of free-grace; though we shall not obtain the prize unless we run, yet not because we run; how can we merit the recompense of reward? Before we merit we must satisfy, but we have nothing to satisfy: Besides, what proportion is there between the race and the recompense? therefore the Crown bestowed is called [Greek or Hebrew], a gratuitous gift. Rom. 6.23. The gift of God is eternal life*. God will so bestow his rewards, that he himself may be no loser; though the Saints have the comfort of their Crown, God will have the glory.
6. In other races the Garland is bestowed in a way of merit; but in the Christian-race it is bestowed as a Legacy of free-grace; though we shall not obtain the prize unless we run, yet not because we run; how can we merit the recompence of reward? Before we merit we must satisfie, but we have nothing to satisfie: Besides, what proportion is there between the race and the recompence? therefore the Crown bestowed is called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a gratuitous gift. Rom. 6.23. The gift of God is eternal life*. God will so bestow his rewards, that he himself may be no loser; though the Saints have the comfort of their Crown, God will have the glory.
- *Munera sua Coronat Deus, non merita tu• Aug. epist. 105.
7. In other races many times one hinders another; but in the race to heaven one Christian helps another.