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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.
3. Our time allotted to us is short; Job compares our life to a swift Post: Job 9.25. My days are swifter than a Post. The Poets painted Time with wings; if Time flies, we had need run; the night of death hastens, and there is no running a race in the night.
3. Our time alotted to us is short; Job compares our life to a swift Post: Job 9.25. My dayes are swifter than a Post. The Poets painted Time with wings; if Time flies, we had need run; the night of death hastens, and there is no running a race in the night.
Use 1 1. It shows us that the business of Religion is no idle thing,1 we must put forth all our strength and Branch. 1 vigour.⟨p. 563⟩ — Herculem duri celebrant labores; Ille Centauros domuit superbos, Cerberum traxit triplici catena; Ultimus coelum labour in reflexo Sustulit collo, &c. Claud. Religion is a race; we must run, and so run; 'tis an hard thing to be a Christian; alas then what shall we say to them that stand all the day idle? Come to many, and one would think they had no race to run; they put their hand in their bosom, Pro. 19.24. Is that a fit posture for him that is to run a race? They stretch themselves upon their couches, Amos 6.4. they had rather lie soft, than run hard; many would have heaven come to them, but they are loth to run to it; if salvation would drop as a ripe fig into the mouth of the eater, Nahum 3.12. men could like it well, but they are loath to set upon running a race; but never think to be saved upon such easy terms: