A96093:2001
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.
2. Specifically, the glorious appearing of the great God, &c.
I begin with the first, the Act, looking, [Greek or Hebrew]. There is a threefold looking.
I begin with the first, the Act, looking, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. There is a threefold looking.
1. A looking with desire, as the servant looked for the year of Jubilee and release, Lev. 25.40. or as the Bride looks for the marriage day. Now it is a time of absence from our Husband Christ; therefore we are dressed in mourning, and hang our Harps upon the Willows; but how doth the Spouse desire the marriage day when the Nuptials shall be solemnized! at that wedding the water shall be turned into wine: How doth the pious soul cry out in an holy pang of desire, usque quo? how long Lord! why is thy Chariot so long a coming? why tarry the wheels of thy Chariot? it is the Vote of the whole Church; Rev. 22.17. Come Lord Jesus, come quickly.
1. A looking with desire, as the servant looked for the year of Jubily and release, Lev. 25.40. or as the Bride looks for the marriage day. Now it is a time of absence from our Husband Christ; therefore we are dressed in mourning, and hang our Harps upon the Willows; but how doth the Spouse desire the marriage day when the Nuptials shall be solemnized! at that wedding the water shall be turned into wine: How doth the pious soul cry out in an holy pang of desire, usque quo? how long Lord! why is thy Chariot so long a coming? why tarry the wheeles of thy Chariot? it is the Vote of the whole Church;