A96093:1955
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.
The third thing to be insisted on, is, Why we must run this race of Christianity.
There are three Reasons; 1. Because God hath set us this race. Heb. 12.1. Let us run the race that is set before us. It is not Arbitrary, it is not left to our choice whether we will run or no, God hath set us the race; Gods commands carry power and Sovereignty in them: If a General bids his Army march, they must march. There's no disputing duty at the Word of God; the heavens drop down their dew, the stars set themselves in Battalio, the earth thrusts forth a crop, the Sea is bridled in, and dare not go a step farther: If inanimate creatures obey the word of command, much more those who are endued with reason; when God saith Run the race, we must run.
There are three Reasons; 1. Because God hath set us this race. Heb. 12.1. Let us run the race that is set before us. It is not Arbitrary, it is not left to our choice whether we will run or no, God hath set us the race; Gods commands carry power and Soveraignty in them: If a General bids his Army march, they must march. There's no disputing duty at the Word of God; the heavens drop down their dew, the stars set themselves in Battalio, the earth thrusts forth a crop, the Sea is bridled in, and dare not go a step farther: If inanimate creatures obey the word of command, much more those who are endued with reason; when God saith Run the race, we must run.
2. There's no other way to get to heaven but by running the race; by nature we are far distant from the goal, and if we would have heaven we must run for it; a man can no more get to heaven that doth not run this race, than one can get to his journeys end, that never sets a step in the way.